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Researchers have advanced a decades-old challenge in the field of organic semiconductors, opening new possibilities for the future of electronics.

Researchers have developed a method to make adaptive and eco-friendly sensors that can be directly and imperceptibly printed onto a wide range of biological surfaces, whether that’s a finger or a flower petal.

A tiny, flexible electronic device that wraps around the spinal cord could represent a new approach to the treatment of spinal injuries, which can cause profound disability and paralysis.

̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge researchers have been awarded Proof of Concept grants from the European Research Council (ERC), to help them explore the commercial or societal potential of their research. ̽»¨Ö±²¥funding is part of the EU's research and innovation programme, Horizon Europe.

Researchers have developed next-generation smart textiles – incorporating LEDs, sensors, energy harvesting, and storage – that can be produced inexpensively, in any shape or size, using the same machines used to make the clothing we wear every day.

Researchers have designed smart, colour-controllable white light devices from quantum dots – tiny semiconductors just a few billionths of a metre in size – which are more efficient and have better colour saturation than standard LEDs, and can dynamically reproduce daylight conditions in a single light.

Dr Giorgia Longobardi, founder and CEO of ̽»¨Ö±²¥ spinout Cambridge GaN Devices, is harnessing the extraordinary properties of superconductor gallium nitride to halve the amount of energy we use to power our increasingly digital lives.

̽»¨Ö±²¥touchscreen technology used in billions of smartphones and tablets could also be used as a powerful sensor, without the need for any modifications.

Using an alcohol mixture, researchers modified how ink droplets dry, enabling cheap industrial-scale printing of electronic devices at unprecedented scales.

Washable, wearable ‘batteries’: based on cheap, safe and environmentally-friendly inks and woven directly into fabrics, have been developed by researchers at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge.