Mass production of flexible electronics inches closer to reality

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Flexible transistors arrays with organic crystal rubrene around a glass vial (Credit: Stanford University)

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Researchers at Stanford University have discovered a more reliable way of printing semiconducting organic compounds which also delivers improved performance - a breakthrough which could finally pave the way for the mass production of plastic electronics.

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