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The Bao groups introduces a revolutionary method, based on nanoconfinement of conductive polymers, that enables the fabrication of flexible electronics with high charge carrier conductivity, even when stretched to twice their original length..

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Polymeric semiconductors have been prepared whose molecular properties make them stretchable and healable — a milestone in the development of sophisticated organic electronic surfaces that mimic human skin.

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In Zhenan Bao’s lab at Stanford, researchers are ­inventing materials for touch-sensitive prosthetics.

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Researchers create a polymer that can stretch to 100 times its original length — and even repair itself if punctured.

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New Stanford battery shuts down at high temperatures and restarts when it cools

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Stanford, SLAC Process Has Potential for Scaling Up to Manufacture Solar Cells, Displays and More.

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Stanford engineers have created a plastic skin-like material that can detect pressure and deliver a Morse code-like signal directly to a living brain cell. The work takes a big step toward adding a sense of touch to prosthetic limbs.

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Researchers at Stanford have created electronic skin that not only functions like human skin, but can change color.

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Alex Chortos and colleagues from Zhenan Bao's group at Stanford University and Samsung Electronics are setting the bar for mechanical robustness

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Researchers from the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have developed a manufacturing technique that could double the electricity output of inexpensive solar cells by using a microscopic rake when applying light-harvesting polymers.

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