Really? Children’s Putty Could Revolutionize Medical Devices?

Work at AMBER the Science Foundation Ireland-funded materials science research centre, hosted in Trinity College Dublin has found that adding graphene to silly putty has significant implications for the medical device market.

Silly putty or a silly story?

There’s nothing silly about this breakthrough. Researchers have used graphene to make the novelty children’s material silly putty (polysilicone) conduct electricity, creating extremely sensitive sensors.

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