Science Daily February 1, 2019
Researchers at the University of Houston introduced metallic carbon nanotubes into a rubbery semiconductor composite enhancing carrier mobility by providing fast paths and, therefore, a shortened carrier transport distance. They developed transistors and their arrays which retained electrical performances without substantial loss when subjected to 50% stretching. Fully rubbery integrated electronics and logic gates they developed functioned reliably upon mechanical stretching. To illustrate one of the applications they demonstrated rubbery active matrix based elastic tactile sensing skin to map physical touch…read more. Open Access TECHNICAL ARTICLE
Researchers from the University of Houston have reported significant advances in the field of stretchable, rubbery electronics. Credit: University of Houston