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Light-emitting materials for wearable electronics

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Next-generation light-emitting displays should be not only flexible and bright but also soft and stretchable. Newly emerging light-emitting materials will enable body-conformable light-emitting devices with potential applications in a variety of fields, including displays, lighting, sensing, imaging, stimulation and therapy.

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This work is supported by the Foundation of National Facility for Translational Medicine (Shanghai).

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Zhang, Z. Light-emitting materials for wearable electronics. Nat Rev Mater 7, 839–840 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-022-00502-4

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