• 14 December 2021

Stretchy electronics go wireless for flexible wearables

Wearable technology could benefit from new wireless stretchable diodes

• Dan Fox

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https://www.youtube.com/embed/Km1-LbqoHGI%22%20title=%22YouTube%20video%20playerHigh-frequency and intrinsically stretchable polymer diodes

Flexible electronics offer a lot of potential benefits to the design of wearable technology, but previous intrinsically stretchable semiconductors haven’t been able to meet the strict requirements for the high-frequency operation needed for many useful applications.

Now a team of researchers have developed a new polymer diode that is stretchable and operates at high enough frequency to unlock wireless operation and power.

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03757-z