A research team led by Professors Stefan Seelecke and Paul Motzki from Saarland University is using a highly versatile film ...

Elastomers have emerged as a popular material ... ‘finger,’ complete with rigid ‘bones’ and surrounded by flexible ‘flesh.’ The finger, printed to deform in a pre-defined way ...

Researcher Sebastian Gratz-Kelly (photo) shows off a sensor element created from a metal-coated elastomeric film. The touchpad, here mounted on a wristband, can recognize the pressure and direction of ...

Flexible PCBs still tend to be rather expensive ... [Mikey77] utilized one of the properties of Ninjaflex Thermoplastic Elastomer (TPE) filament – it sticks to bare copper!

Clothes that can mimic the feeling of being touched, touch displays that provide haptic feedback to users, or even ultralight loudspeakers. These are ...

A team of researchers from Saarland University is creating lightweight, compact and energy-efficient miniaturized pumps and ...

The Rubber Division ACS announces the following Learning Opportunities for April. April 1 – Course: Sponge Rubber 101 April 2 – Webinar: How to Create & Deliver Scientific Presentations April 8 – ...

To balance the properties of a solid metal conductive layer with those of a flexible polymer substrate, Heppe's team makes use of a special process to deposit the metal layer onto the elastomer.

These are just some of the devices made possible using thin silicone films that can be precisely controlled so that they ...