Stretchable Electronics to go on Electroactive Polymers

“Flexible electronics are typically characterized by conducting plastic-based liquids that can be printed onto thin, bendable surfaces,” Sun said. “The objective of our work was to generate a concept along with subsequent technology that would allow for electronic wires and circuits to stretch like rubber bands and accordions leading to sensor-embedded covers for aircraft and robots and even prosthetic skin for humans. We are presently developing stretchable electronics and sensors for smart surgical gloves and hemispherical electronic eye imagers.”