Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • News & Views
  • Published:

Soft electronics

Omnidirectional printing of stretchable electronics

Nature Electronics volume 6, pages 270–271 (2023)Cite this article

Subjects

An elastic conductive ink — which is made of conductive fillers suspended in an emulsified elastomer matrix — can be used to print three-dimensional elastic conductors.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Fig. 1: Omnidirectional 3D printing of elastic conductive ink.

References

  1. Lee, B. et al. Nat. Electron. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-023-00949-5 (2023).

  2. Matsuhisa, N. et al. Nat. Mater. 16, 834–840 (2017).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Valentine, A. D. et al. Adv. Mater. 29, 1703817 (2017).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Afanasenkau, D. et al. Nat. Biomed. Eng. 4, 1010–1022 (2020).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Yuk, H. et al. Nat. Commun. 11, 1604 (2020).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Muth, J. T. et al. Adv. Mater. 26, 6307–6312 (2014).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Hui, Y. et al. Nat. Electron. 5, 893–903 (2022).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Ahn, B. Y. et al. Science 323, 1590–1593 (2009).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. Park, Y.-G. et al. Sci. Adv. 5, eaaw2844 (2019).

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Center for Neural Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA

    Tao Zhou

  2. SanaHeal, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA

    Hyunwoo Yuk

Authors
  1. Tao Zhou
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Hyunwoo Yuk
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Hyunwoo Yuk.

Ethics declarations

Competing interests

The authors declare no competing interests.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Zhou, T., Yuk, H. Omnidirectional printing of stretchable electronics. Nat Electron 6, 270–271 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-023-00943-x

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-023-00943-x

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing