Graphene Inks Print Circuits on Fabrics

Nov-10-17 For the first time, researchers have printed fully-integrated circuitry onto fabrics—bringing us one step closer to wearable electronics.

Developed by a Cambridge team in cooperation with international researchers, the circuit printing process does not rely on toxic solvents to create the graphene inks. Instead, the graphene:h-Bn ink was made using non-toxic solvents with low boiling points. The result was fully-operational circuits with field-effect transistors that could be printed with standard inkjet printers.

According to the team, the keys to the new printing technique are the formulation of the ink and roughening up the fabric a bit before printing begins.

More Info about this Invention:

[CO.UK]
[NATURE.COM]

---