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Soft Semiconductors that Stretch Like Human Skin Can Detect UltraLow Light Levels

Three engineering labs at Georgia Tech collaborated to demonstrate a new level of stretchability of a photodetector. Pictured above is first author Youngrak Park (right) with the lab leads (L to R) Bernard Kippelen,  Samuel Graham, and Olivier Pierron. (Photo credit: Ben Wright, Georgia Tech)

Flexible electronics breakthrough could enhance biosensor technology, from wearables to soft-robotic implantable systems. Semiconductors are moving away from rigid substrates, which are cut or formed into thin discs or wafers, to more flexible plastic material and even paper thanks to new material and fabrication discoveries. The trend toward more flexible substrates has led to fabrication of numerous devices, from light-emitting diodes to solar cells and transistors.

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