Cotton Candy-like Fiber Networks
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Tiny circuit boards stay operational in warm water, dissolve when cooled
Building transient electronics is usually about doing something to make them stop working: blast them with light, soak them with acid, dunk them in water. Professor Leon Bellan’s idea is to dissolve them with neglect: Stop applying heat, and they come apart. Using silver nanowires embedded in a polymer that… Read MoreJun. 26, 2017