This month’s Advanced Engineering Materials covers and top papers!
Electronics
Ingestible Electronics: Eat That!
Edible electronics: a new class of electronics materials that are compatible with the gastrointestinal tract.
Interview: Ferroelectric Devices for Energy Harvesting and Storage
Dr. Rahul Vaish discusses his recent article on lead-free pyroelectric materials for energy harvesting, which brings new insights on the development of this technology for the efficient harvesting of thermal energy from waste heat.
World’s Smallest Transistor Goes Solid-State
A team at KIT has reached a new limit for electronics, with a quasi-solid-state transistor that functions via the switching action of a single atom.
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Biomimetic Soft Actuators with Color-Changing Capability [Video]
A color-shifting anisotropic soft actuator (CASA) with biomimetic actuation capabilities.
Smart Clothes with Electrodes
Swiss researchers developed fibers that can detect even the slightest pressure and strain and can withstand considerable deformation.
Recent Battery Research: Because Knowledge is Power
Solid-state and calcium-ion technologies, new SEI concepts, and intercalation electrodes are at the top of the list for the latest advanced battery research.
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A Novel Design Strategy for Bulk, Complex Nanostructures [Video]
A strategy to precisely design and assemble bulk, multicomponent nanostructures with ideal structures.
How to Power Your Life Wherever You Go–With Rain
The energy of single rain drops can now be harnessed to drive electronics by a hydraulic triboelectric nanogenerator.
Gooey Electronic Devices as Neural Probes
Ultracompliant hydrogel-based multielectrode arrays as neural probes.
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