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Duke University Electrical Engineers Devise Fully Print-in-Place Technique for Electronics

Gentle enough to work on delicate surfaces including paper and human skin.

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By: Anthony Locicero

Copy editor, New York Post

Electrical engineers at Duke University have devised a fully print-in-place technique for electronics that is gentle enough to work on delicate surfaces including paper and human skin. The advance could enable technologies such as high-adhesion, embedded electronic tattoos and bandages tricked out with patient-specific biosensors. The techniques are described in a series of papers published online July 9 in the journal Nanoscale and on Oct. 3 in the journal ACS Nano. “When people ...

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