Curious, diligent, and always positive, meet Prof. Zhenan Bao and her electronic skin.
Electronics
Pushing the Limits of Technology to Enhance Electronic Skins
Researchers create a soft robotic electronic skin with fingerprint-like patterns with future applications in prosthesis, wearable sensors, and medical devices.
Magnesium Batteries: An Alternative to Lithium?
Magnesium batteries for high temperature use, layered cathode materials, and cathode microstructure are at the forefront of battery technology research.
Light in Sight: Micro-Lenses Enhance the Functionality of Future Cars
A new micro-lens array technology produces high-quality 3D images that can be used to improve driver safety, vehicle function, and provide innovative design effects.
Electronics that Imitate Life: A Sensing Robotic Hand
Intrinsic or tightly integrated sensing, actuation, and computation embedded into 3D structures could enable a new generation of truly smart and complex systems, such as robots that have human-like dexterity.
Paving the Way for Calcium Batteries
Rechargeable calcium batteries have the prospect of high-energy and low-cost.
Whiskey-Phase Exfoliation: A Golden Future for Electronics?
A new study reports liquid-phase exfoliation of graphene, boron nitride, and tungsten disulphide nanosheets using Irish whiskey.
3D Printing Electronics Using a Multi-Material Approach
A combination of inkjet and screen printing can be used to print 3D objects with electronic properties using multiple materials.
Phase-Changing Metamaterials: A New Frontier in Technology
Metamaterials that can locally control their stiffness and shape would enable a host of new technologies.
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Understanding Resistive Switching [Video]
Resistive switching occurs when a dielectric suddenly changes its resistance in the presence of a strong electric field. This phenomenon underpins the behavior of devices such as memristors and neuromorphic memories. In Advanced Materials, Prof. Manfred Martin of...
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