The new coating that the team has created consists of a network of linked copper nanowires that can be deposited directly on rigid glass or
flexible polymer sheets through a process that is scalable for mass production.
The team has also successfully deposited the MXene multilayer coatings onto
flexible polymer sheet, stretchable silicones, nylon fiber, glass and silicon.
Not exact matches
«This method should allow synthesis of gram quantities of few - layer - thick molybdenum disulfide
sheets, which is very crucial for applications such as
flexible batteries, supercapacitors, and
polymer composites.
The nanogenerator itself includes thin electrode
sheets on the front and back of the mesoporous
polymer film, and the researchers can attach this soft,
flexible film seamlessly to flat, rough or curvy surfaces, including human skin.
This new form of carbon -
polymer sheet is
flexible, nontoxic and mechanically strong, in addition to being non-flammable.
Researchers at Rice University have created
flexible, patterned
sheets of multilayer graphene from a cheap
polymer by burning it with a computer - controlled laser.
Because this coating could be used on
polymer sheets and not just glass, rugged,
flexible, shatterproof
polymer touchscreens could be possible in the future.