GCIS TECHNOLOGY BRIEFING: New Stretchable Solar Cells Will Power Artificial Electronic 'Super Skin'

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: Science Daily

24February2011 3:30pmEST

GCIS TECHNOLOGY UPDATE: "Super skin" is what Stanford researcher Zhenan Bao wants to create. She's already developed a flexible sensor that is so sensitive to pressure it can feel a fly touch down. Now she's working to add the ability to detect chemicals and sense various kinds of biological molecules. She's also making the skin self-powering, using polymer solar cells to generate electricity. And the new solar cells are not just flexible, but stretchable — they can be stretched up to 30 percent beyond their original length and snap back without any damage or loss of power. (read full report)

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