Professor Eric Pop and team describe the ability to produce nanoscale flexible electronics In their paper, "High-Performance Flexible Nanoscale Transistors Based on Transition Metal Dichalcogenides," published in Nature Electronics. Flexible electronics promise bendable, shapeable, yet energy-efficient computer circuits that can be worn on or implanted in the human body to perform myriad health-related tasks. Future variations future of the circuits will communicate wirelessly with the outside world – another large leap toward viability for flextronics, particularly those implanted in the human body or integrated deep within other devices connected to the internet of things.

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With a prototype and patent application complete, postdoc Alwin Daus and Professor Eric Pop have moved on to their next challenges of refining the devices. They have built similar transistors using two other atomically thin semiconductors (MoSe2 and WSe2) to demonstrate the broad applicability of the technique.

Meanwhile, Alwin said that he is looking into integrating radio circuitry with the devices, which will allow future variations to communicate wirelessly with the outside world – another large leap toward viability for flextronics, particularly those implanted in the human body or integrated deep within other devices connected to the internet of things.

Eric reports, "This is more than a promising production technique. We've achieved flexibility, density, high performance and low power – all at the same time. This work will hopefully move the technology forward on several levels."

Co-authors include postdoctoral scholars Sam Vaziri and Kevin Brenner, EE doctoral candidates Victoria Chen, Çağıl Köroğlu, Ryan Grady, Connor Bailey and Kirstin Schauble, and research scientist Hye Ryoung Lee. Pop Lab People

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