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Skin-inspired organic electronic materials and devices

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Future electronics will be conformal, bendable, and wearable. Taking inspiration from the characteristics of human skin, we are developing a new generation of electronic materials to enable devices that are flexible, stretchable, biodegradable, and self-healable. We have developed various sensors and circuits, all of which are based on organic materials, polymers, and carbon nanomaterials. These materials will provide us with a long-term path toward adding various skin-inspired functions.

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This work received support from the National Science Foundation, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Global Climate and Energy Program, Samsung Electronics, and BASF.

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The following article is based on a Symposium X (Frontiers of Materials Research) presentation given by Zhenan Bao at the 2015 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston.

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Bao, Z. Skin-inspired organic electronic materials and devices. MRS Bulletin 41, 897–904 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1557/mrs.2016.247

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