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Printable Sensors: A Key Technology for Health Wearables?

On June 15, 2023 in All, General, IoT, Medical, Sensors, Wireless by Liam Critchley

Integrating components into flexible sensing devices is not always straightforward. Printing sensors on the device’s surface opens newer and easier ways to develop sensing wearables for health monitoring and telemedicine applications.

Tagged With: composites, health monitoring, health wearables, polymers, printable sensors, printed sensors, remote monitoring, screen printing, sensors, telemedicine, wearable devices, wearable electronics, wearable technologies

Why Nanowires Could Be a Big Thing for Electronics

On December 12, 2022 in All, General, Medical, Power by Liam Critchley

Nanowires are 1D nanomaterials with efficient electron transport properties where the electrons flow along the long axis of the wire. The electronic conductivity properties, which are realized through quantum effects, could be useful for a range of innovative electronics.

Tagged With: flexible electronics, insulators, nanowires, semiconductors, silicon, superconductors, wearable electronics, ycbo

Nanotechnology's Impact on Energy Storage Devices

On November 25, 2022 in All, Energy Harvesting, General, Power by Liam Critchley

As society looks for ways of creating more efficient and smaller energy storage devices for various technologies, manufacturers are looking at alternatives to the status quo. Nanomaterials offer a promising option to improve energy storage devices' overall performance and size.

Tagged With: batteries, energy storage, li-ion, nanomaterials, nanotechnology, portable electronics, wearable electronics

2D Materials in Piezoelectric Nanogenerators (PENGs)

On July 22, 2022 in All, Energy Harvesting, General, Medical by Liam Critchley

The piezoelectric effect is not only a common phenomenon in bulk inorganic materials; it is also observed in select 2D materials. This blog explores how designers can use 2D materials capable of generating a piezoelectric charge in a range of nanogenerators (PENGs) for powering small-scale devices.

Tagged With: 2d materials, energy harvesting, flexible electronics, implantable electronic, nanogenerator, nanotechnology, peng, piezoelectric, wearable electronics

2D Materials in Triboelectric Nanogenerators (TENGs)

On July 19, 2022 in All, Energy Harvesting, General, Industrial, IoT, Low Power, Medical, Power by Liam Critchley

The inherent thinness, active surface, and mechanical properties of 2D materials have the potential to create more efficient and longer-lasting TENG devices for powering small-scale electronics.

Tagged With: 2d materials, clean energy, energy, energy harvesting, flexible electronics, graphene, implantable electronics, medical device, mxene, nanomaterials, nanotechnology, tmdcs, transition metal dichalcogenides, wearable electronics

Nanotechnology Helped Realize Flexible and Wearable Electronics

On December 10, 2018 in All, Energy Harvesting, Industrial, IoT, Medical, Sensors by Liam Critchley

Flexible and wearable electronics are rapidly growing industries. The devices’ development and growth can be attributed to the benefits and specific properties of the nanomaterials commonly used within these devices. Here, we look at why nanomaterials are used in these devices.

Tagged With: 2D materials, Carbon Nanotubes, Flexible electronics, Graphene, Health monitoring, Hexagonal Boron Nitride, Laptops, Medical, Nanotechnology, OLED, Phones, Polymers, Quantum Dots, Sensors, Solar cells, TMDCs, Touch screens, Transition Metal Dichalcogenides, Wearable electronics

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