Enhancing stretchable electronics: NUS researchers develop novel liquid metal circuits for flexible, self-healing wearables

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Professor Lim Chwee Teck (left), Dr Chen Shuwen (right) and their team from the National University of Singapore have developed a novel liquid-metal material (held by the researchers) suitable for making flexible and unbreakable circuitry for stretchable electronics.

« Enhancing stretchable electronics: NUS researchers develop novel liquid metal circuits for flexible, self-healing wearables

Credit: NUS Institute for Health Innovation & Technology

Liquid metal circuitry using a newly engineered material called Bilayer Liquid-Solid Conductor (BiLiSC) allows devices such as wearables to withstand large deformation and even self-heal to ensure electronic and functional integrity.

« Enhancing stretchable electronics: NUS researchers develop novel liquid metal circuits for flexible, self-healing wearables

Credit: NUS Institute for Health Innovation & Technology

The new conductive and stretchable ‘super-material’ developed by researchers from the National University of Singapore can stretch up to 22 times its original length without sustaining a drop in its electrical conductivity.

« Enhancing stretchable electronics: NUS researchers develop novel liquid metal circuits for flexible, self-healing wearables

Credit: NUS Institute for Health Innovation & Technology

The new conductive and stretchable ‘super-material’ developed by researchers from the National University of Singapore can heal cracks or cuts almost instantaneously to maintain its electrical conductivity.

« Enhancing stretchable electronics: NUS researchers develop novel liquid metal circuits for flexible, self-healing wearables

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