This structure allows the material to extend from the initial length to three to four times, while maintaining strength and resistance against cracks.
Initially, technology was tested on a polymer similar to a plexiglass, but the researchers are sure that the technique is also valid for other substances – metals, ceramics, glass.
This leads to the creation of flexible micro -circuits that can be integrated into clothes and accessories. The oddity of the design is the unequal distribution of energy during load and preventing destruction throughout the structure.
According to Professor Carlos Portela, you can print such materials to 3D printers using various substance combinations, including polymers with temperature reactions. This will adapt flexible chips to different environmental conditions.
So far, technology can only become the basis of smart clothes and a flexible electronics of a new generation in the future, but in the future.
Source: Ferra
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