For wearable electronic devices, plastic holes are golden
Thursday, November 24, 2016 - 14:01
in Physics & Chemistry
In science, sometimes the best discoveries come when you’re exploring something else entirely. That’s the case with recent findings where a research team has come up with a way to build safe, nontoxic gold wires onto flexible, thin plastic film. Their demonstration potentially clears the path for a host of wearable electronic devices that monitor our health.