Electronic devices that become soft on command can be extremely useful for medical implants that would be able to wrap around different types of body tissues. Surgeons would be able to position the implant while it’s still stiff to let it gently wrap around the target tissue as it becomes soft. Researchers from the University of Texas at Dallas and the University of Tokyo have created mechanically flexible organic transistors able to do just that.
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