Method to transfer entire 2D circuits to any smooth
surface
along with the lab of Rice
engineer Jacob Robinson, have
a new way to keep the materials
and their associated circuitry,
including
electrodes,
intact
as they're moved to curved or
other smooth surfaces.
The results of their work appear
in the American Chemical
Society journal ACS Nano.
The benefit is that these
sensors can now be imbedded
into such fibers where they can
monitor performance without
adding weight or hindering the
signal flow.
"This paper proposes several
Summary:
and Jun Lou have developed
interesting
possibilities
for
Engineers have developed
a method to make atom-
applying 2D devices in real
a
method
to
transfer
flat sensors that seamlessly
applications," Lou said. "For
complete,
flexible,
two-
integrate with devices to report
example, optical fibers at
dimensional circuits from
on what they perceive.
the bottom of the ocean are
their fabrication platforms
Electronically
active
2D
thousands of miles long, and
to curved and other smooth
materials have been the subject
if there's a problem, it's hard to
surfaces. Such circuits are
of much research since the
know where it occurred. If you
able to couple with near-field
introduction of graphene in
have these sensors at different
electromagnetic waves and
2004. Even though they are
locations, you can sense the
offer next-generation sensing
often touted for their strength,
damage to the fiber."
for optical fibers and other
they're difficult to move to
Lou said labs have gotten good
applications.
where they're needed without
at transferring the growing
Rice engineers led by materials
destroying them.
roster of 2D materials from
scientists
Pulickel
Ajayan
The Ajayan and Lou groups,
one surface to another, but the
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