The tech world looks to undergo some sweeping changes in coming years. Apart from mere computers and handheld devices, the world is to get a new wave of intelligent products like clothes that can interact with the wearer, flexible and modular gadgets and much more. A new breakthrough in plastic electronics by a team of researchers at the Cambridge University's Cavendish Laboratory is to boost up tech geeks' seek for more flexible and translucent gadgets.
The researchers have developed more flexible and fast plastic electronics, which consume less energy and reduce cost enormously. Such plastic electronics can superbly be used in various practical applications like RFID chips and heads-up displays (HUD) for pilots, car passengers and mere entertainment purposes.
More than reducing the production cost, it is an easy and eco-friendly way to develop chips and products out of the plastic electronics, the researchers c laim. Well, it is high time and focus should be on more sustainable and power-efficient methods to produce electronic gadgets.
According to Henning Sirringhaus, who led the project, the technology they developed can produce sophisticated electronics at high speed and reduced cost. Dr. Enrico Gili and Dr. Auke Kronemeijer worked with Sirringhaus to realize the advanced trends in plastic electronics. Compared with the conventional methods of production, the new ambipolar organic materials will largely simplify the fabrication process, they say.
While producing the traditional silicon-based chips, the heat exceeds 1,000 digress Celsius. In case of the plastic electronics, this issue is eliminated totally. The research was done with funds from the Cambridge Integrated Knowledge Center (CIKC) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
Via: Softpedia
