Moving towards electronically active threads
Tuesday, July 23, 2013 - 10:00
in Physics & Chemistry
We are just starting to develop smart textiles. So far the problem has always been that it was not possible to apply the electronic components, called organic semiconductors, to three-dimensional structures such as fibres in a reproducible way. But now Darmstadt's material scientists have developed a machine with which electronically active materials can be vacuum deposited onto threads.