Researchers Create Soft, Flexible Materials with Enhanced Properties

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Published July 01, 2019 by Tech Briefs Media Group in United States
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A team of polymer chemists and engineers from Carnegie Mellon University have developed a new methodology that can be used to create a class of stretchable polymer composites with enhanced electrical and thermal properties. These materials are promising candidates for use in soft robotics, self-healing electronics and medical devices. The results are published in a recent issue of Nature Nanotechnology.