Foldable and stretchable circuits

About a new type of ultra-thin integrated circuits that can operate during deformations without a reduction in electrical performance.

clipped from www.telegraph.co.uk Circuit boards that bend and stretch created Scientists have created ultra-thin electronic circuit boards that can be bent, stretched and folded. The new component boards could prove useful in wearable health monitors, surgical gloves and other applications in which they can be wrapped into unusual shapes such as body parts, aircraft wings or fuselages. clipped from www.physorg.com Foldable and stretchable, silicon circuits conform to many shapes Circuit diagram (top frame) and optical images of a stretchable, "wavy" silicon ring oscillator circuit on a rubber substrate, in the "as fabricated" flat state (top micrograph) and in moderate and high states of biaxial compression (middle and bottom micrographs, respectively). Photo courtesy John Rogers clipped from www.youtube.com clipped from www.news.uiuc.edu Mechanically stretchable, "wavy" silicon integrated circuit on a rubber substrate. Photo courtesy John Rogers clipped from www.mse.uiuc.edu John Rogers

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