Power dressing: Electricity-generating, stretchy, self-mending materials for wearables
Monday, January 6, 2020 - 08:20
in Physics & Chemistry
Wearable electronics could be perpetually powered by stretchy, self-mending materials that use body heat to generate electricity. Three carefully curated organic compounds have been combined to develop a prototype thermoelectric material that is both stretchy and self-healing, can generate its own electricity, and is robust enough to withstand the stresses and strains of daily life.