Biodegradable Cellulose Nanocomposite Substrate for Recyclable Flexible Printed Electronics

A flexible high potential printed battery for powering printed electronics

High-performance green flexible electronics based on biodegradable cellulose nanofibril paper

Today's consumer electronics, such as cell phones, tablets and other portable electronic devices, are typically made of non-renewable, non-biodegradable, and sometimes potentially toxic (for example, gallium arsenide) materials. These consumer electronics are frequently upgraded or discarded, leading to serious environmental contamination. Thus, electronic systems consisting of renewable and bi...

Recent Achievement in Flexible & Printed Electronics

Organic electronic devices fabricated by entirely wet processes using organic semiconductors, insulators, metal nanoparticles, etc., have been attracting much attention. In particular, by utilizing printing techniques on plastic substrates, flexible electronic devices of large area and low-cost will be attained. However, conventional printing techniques such as flexo printing, screen printing a...

Flexible and Cellulose-based Organic Electronics

Organic electronics is the study of organic materials with electronic functionality and the applications of such materials. In the 1970s, the discovery that polymers can be made electrically conductive led to an explosion within this field which has continued to grow year by year. One of the attractive features of organic electronic materials is their inherent mechanical flexibility, which has ...

Biodegradable Nanocomposite Films Based on Sodium Alginate and Cellulose Nanofibrils

Biodegradable nanocomposite films were prepared by incorporation of cellulose nanofibrils (CNF) into alginate biopolymer using the solution casting method. The effects of CNF content (2.5, 5, 7.5, 10 and 15 wt %) on mechanical, biodegradability and swelling behavior of the nanocomposite films were determined. The results showed that the tensile modulus value of the nanocomposite films increased...