tag: stretchable electronics

Research Bits: Apr. 2
By Jesse Allen - 02 Apr, 2024 - Comments: 0

Stretchy, sensitive circuits Researchers from Stanford University developed skin-like, stretchable integrated circuits capable of driving a micro-LED screen with a refresh rate of 60 Hz and detecting a braille array that is more sensitive than human fingertips. The stretchable transistors are made from semiconducting carbon nanotubes sandwiched between soft elastic electronic materials. The... » read more

Research Bits: October 17
By Jesse Allen - 17 Oct, 2023 - Comments: 0

High-entropy multielement ink semiconductors Researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and UC Berkeley developed a high-entropy semiconducting material called ‘multielement ink’ that can be processed at low-temperature or room temperature. “The traditional way of making semiconductor devices is energy-intensive and one of the major sources of carbon emissions,” said Pei... » read more

Addressing The Challenge Of Metallization In Highly Integrated (3D) Stretchable Electronics
By Technical Paper Link - 27 Jun, 2023 - Comments: 0

A technical paper titled “Scalable electrodeposition of liquid metal from an acetonitrile-based electrolyte for highly-integrated stretchable electronics” was published by researchers at KU Leuven. Abstract: "For the advancement of highly-integrated stretchable electronics, the development of scalable sub-micrometer conductor patterning is required. Eutectic gallium indium EGaIn is an att... » read more

Research Bits: Jan. 9
By Jesse Allen - 09 Jan, 2023 - Comments: 0

Making stretchy semiconductors Researchers from Pennsylvania State University, University of Houston, Purdue University, and Texas Heart Institute developed a new method to make soft, stretchable transistors easier and cheaper to manufacture. The lateral phase separation induced micromesh (LPSM) process involves mixing a semiconductor and an elastomer and spin coating the liquid mixture pre... » read more

Stretchability of Integrated Thin Film Transistors (TFT)
By Technical Paper Link - 07 Sep, 2022 - Comments: 0

A new technical paper titled "High density integration of stretchable inorganic thin film transistors with excellent performance and reliability" was published by researchers at Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) in Korea. "In this study, we show high density integration of oxide thin film transistors having excellent performance and reliability by directly embeddin... » read more

Research Bits: July 26
By Jesse Allen - 26 Jul, 2022 - Comments: 0

Photonic computing with polarization Researchers at the University of Oxford and University of Exeter developed a method that uses the polarization of light to maximize information storage density and computing performance using nanowires. The researchers note that different polarizations of light do not interact with each other, allowing each to be used as an independent information channe... » read more

Research Bits: July 11
By Jesse Allen - 11 Jul, 2022 - Comments: 0

Modeling ALE Scientists at U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), in coordination with Lam Research, modeled atomic layer etching (ALE) for semiconductor fabrication. “This would be one little piece in the whole process,” said David Graves, associate laboratory director for low-temperature plasma surface interactions at PPPL and a professor in th... » read more

Research Bits: April 13
By Jesse Allen - 13 Apr, 2022 - Comments: 0

Washable battery Researchers from the University of British Columbia developed a washable, flexible, and stretchable battery. “Wearable electronics are a big market and stretchable batteries are essential to their development,” said Dr. Ngoc Tan Nguyen, a postdoctoral fellow at UBC’s faculty of applied science. “However, up until now, stretchable batteries have not been washable. Th... » read more

Power/Performance Bits: Aug. 31
By Jesse Allen - 31 Aug, 2021 - Comments: 0

Securing memory Researchers at Columbia University suggest several ways to make computing more secure without imposing a system performance penalty. The efforts focus on memory security, specifically pointers. "Memory safety has been a problem for nearly 40 years and numerous solutions have been proposed. We believe that memory safety continues to be a problem because it does not distribute... » read more

Power/Performance Bits: Jan. 19
By Jesse Allen - 19 Jan, 2021 - Comments: 0

Electronic skin for health tracking Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder developed a stretchy electronic 'skin' that can perform the tasks of wearable fitness devices such as tracking body temperature, heart rate, and movement patterns. "Smart watches are functionally nice, but they're always a big chunk of metal on a band," said Wei Zhang, a professor in the Department of Chem... » read more

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