The silicon that forms the foundation of most computer chips has fundamental limits to how much power it can manage, which ...

What steps can be taken to improve flexible electronics and reduce the cracking of modern flexible electronics? This is what a recent study published in npj Flexible Electronics hopes to address as a ...

As silicon-based computer chips approach their physical limitations in the quest for faster and smaller designs, the search for alternative materials that remain functional at atomic scales is one of ...

A new frontier in nanoscale and flexible electronics has emerged in the last decade, based on thin materials consisting of just a few layers of atoms. However, unlike conventional semiconductor ...

Metals are dissolved liquid metals to create super-thin oxide layers which can be extracted easily. This image of a liquid metal 'slug' and its clear atom-thick 'trail' shows the breakthrough in ...

Components of transistors, which form the basis of modern electronics, could soon be nano-sized, thanks to a new chemistry technique so simple you could do it in your kitchen. Metal powder dissolved ...

Stretchable, flexible electronics are an attractive component for skin-attached sensors and monitors. A team at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) has developed these electronics ...

Engineers discovered hidden cracks in flexible electronics and proposed a new design that could make foldable devices and solar cells more durable. (Nanowerk News) From health monitors and ...