Researchers have designed a new device that creates electricity from falling snow, a first. The device is inexpensive, small, thin and flexible like a sheet of plastic. …read more Source:: Science
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Wonder material: Individual 2D phosphorene nanoribbons made for the first time
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•Tiny, individual, flexible ribbons of crystalline phosphorus have been made in a world first, and they could revolutionize electronics and fast-charging battery technology. Since the isolation of 2-dimensional phosphorene, which …read more Source:: Science
Fast, flexible ionic transistors for bioelectronic devices
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•Researchers have developed the first biocompatible internal-ion-gated organic electrochemical transistor (IGT) that is fast enough to enable real-time signal sensing and stimulation of brain signals. The IGT provides a miniaturized, …read more Source:: Science
Charting a path to cheaper flexible solar cells
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•Researchers have reported new findings about perovskite solar cells that could lead the way to devices that perform better. …read more Source:: Science
Converting Wi-Fi signals to electricity with new 2D materials
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•Imagine a world where smartphones, laptops, wearables, and other electronics are powered without batteries. Researchers have taken a step in that direction, with the first fully flexible device that can …read more Source:: Science
Making a transparent flexible material of silk and nanotubes
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•The silk fibers produced by Bombyx mori, the domestic silkworm, has been prized for millennia as a strong yet lightweight and luxurious material. Although synthetic polymers like nylon and polyester …read more Source:: Science
Route to flexible electronics made from exotic materials
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•Engineers have developed a technique to fabricate ultrathin semiconducting films made from a host of exotic materials other than silicon. To demonstrate their technique, the researchers fabricated flexible films made …read more Source:: Science
Novel sensors could enable smarter textiles
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•A fabric coating with thin, lightweight and flexible pressure sensors that can be embedded into shoes and other functional garments, sensors that can measure everything from the light touch of …read more Source:: Science
Transparent, conductive films promising for developing flexible screens
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•Because silver is less brittle and more chemically resistant than materials currently used to make these electrodes, the new films could offer a high-performance and long-lasting option for use with …read more Source:: Science
How to bend and stretch a diamond
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•Brittle diamond can turn flexible and stretchable when made into ultrafine needles, researchers at MIT and elsewhere have discovered. …read more Source:: Science