Berkeley engineers develop origami electronics from cheap, foldable paper

UC Berkeley  July 6, 2018 An international team of researchers (USA – UC Berkeley, Redstone Arsenal, China) has developed a direct‐write laser‐patterning technology to engrave random shapes of metal‐carbide–graphene composites (MCG) on different types of paper (A4, wiper, filter paper, etc.). These commercial papers are soaked with solutions containing metal ions in gelatin media, which is the major component of the “jelly”. The MCG–paper substrates are applied in a 3D foldable energy generator, electrochemical sensors, and supercapacitors. They see many potential applications for the new, disposable paper electronics, circuitry to detect heavy metal contamination could be “written” on paper to […]