Successfully developed ultra-thin electronics

New advances in bioelectronics technology have been announced, researchers have developed an ultra-thin, transparent and flexible microchip that can wrap around a human hair that remains active. good.

During the test, the scientists integrated microchips into a set of contact lenses to measure pressure change as a tool for monitoring glaucoma.

A team of researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich reports to Nature Communications that they have succeeded in creating a well-functioning electronic microchip with a thickness of only 1 micron.

The team created very small electronics with two outer layers of polymer, supported by a silicon chip. When placing the chip in water, the polymer layer in the middle dissolves, leaving only an electronic film.

This device is very thin and flexible. Even when crushed, 60% of the equipment is still in operation. The researchers said the devices could work well after being transferred to skin, leaves or cloth.

The application of the device will be wider than that of the contact lens only to measure the pressure of the glaucoma.