Soft robots are known for their flexibility and adaptability, but most still rely on rigid electronic components for control ...

To address these characteristics in a new way, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign successfully integrated flexible electronics with a three-ply, self-deployable boom that ...

D printing is reshaping the landscape of flexible electronics, offering precision, speed, and sustainability for next-gen ...

A new technical paper titled “Computing with Printed and Flexible Electronics” was published by researchers at Karlsruhe ...

Flexible devices play a central role in next-generation technologies, from health monitoring to soft robotics. However, ...

Researchers have developed an extremely thin, flexible imager that could be useful for noninvasively acquiring images from ...

Flexible electronics—from stretchable circuit boards to bendable, plastic chips—can contort to fit the contours of any product. Such flexibility is ushering in new form factors for wearable ...

The Center for Nanomanufacturing is a founding partner of the Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing Innovation Institute (FHE-MII), called NextFlex. This Institute is the seventh of President ...

Researchers have used laser light to draw electronic circuits directly onto flexible films, sculpting 2D materials without ...

Flexible substrates form the backbone of these devices, providing a thin and bendable surface for electronic components. Common materials include: Printing technologies (inkjet, screen, gravure) allow ...

Traces are then cut via laser ablation. The resulting substrate is flexible and can withstand over 2000 bending cycles, which may prove useful in flexible electronics applications.

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