New material
created for soft, stretchable e-products @ 'Thubber'
In a breakthrough for creating soft,
stretchable machines and electronics, scientists have developed a novel rubber
material with high thermal conductivity and elasticity .
The
material, nicknamed `thubber', is an electrically insulating composite that
exhibits an unprecedented combination of metal-like thermal conductivity ,
elasticity similar to soft, biological tissue, and can stretch over six times
its initial length.
“Our
combination of high thermal conductivity and elasticity is especially critical
for rapid heat dissipation in applications such as wearable computing and soft
robotics, which require mechanical compliance and stretchable functionality ,“
said Carmel Majidi, an associate prof at Carnegie Mellon University in the US.
Applications
could extend to industries like athletic wear and sports medicine -think of
lighted clothing for runners and heated garments for injury therapy . Advanced
manufacturing, energy , and transportation are other areas where stretchable
electronic material could have an impact, researchers said.
Source | Times
of India | 15 February 2017
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