Stretchable electronics combines the electronic performance of conventional wafer-based semiconductor devices and mechanical properties of a rubber band, and thus can have very broad applications that ...

Electronic devices that can be attached to the skin or even implanted in the body will become more and more prevalent in near-future technology. Such "implantable bioelectronics" are envisaged as ...

Human–machine interfaces: Soft, stretchable conducting polymers enable bioelectronic applications including electrophysiological recording and stimulation. (Courtesy: Yuanwen Jiang, Yi-Xuan Wang, Jian ...

A research team at POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology), led by Professor Su Seok Choi from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Ph.D. candidate Jun Hyuk Shin, has ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Electronic devices that monitor vital signs often fail when stretched or twisted, limiting their use in medical monitoring. Rigid circuit boards crack, flexible materials degrade, ...

Stretchable, flexible ultrasound probe can conform to curvy and irregular surfaces. This device could one day make it easier to detect structural defects inside hard-to-reach areas of cars, planes, ...