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Making flexible electronics with nanowire networks

  • Written by Peter Byrley, Ph.D. Candidate in Chemical Engineering, University of California, Riverside
imageYour smartphone can't do this – yet.Peter Sobolev via shutterstock.com

A smartphone touchscreen is an impressive piece of technology. It displays information and responds to a user’s touch. But as many people know, it’s easy to break key elements of the transparent, electrically conductive layers that make up even the sturdiest...

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