Imagine plugging a USB port into a sheet of paper, and turning it into a tablet computer. It might be a stretch, but ideas like this have researchers at North Carolina State University examining the ...

Not long ago, we reported on a prototype thin, flexible smartphone known as the Paperphone. While it isn't actually made out of paper, the success of a research project at North Carolina State ...

‘Normally, conductive nanocoatings are applied to inorganic materials [such as] silicon. If we can find a way to apply them to textiles — cheap, flexible materials with a contorted surface texture — ...

Imagine plugging a USB port into a sheet of paper, and turning it into a tablet computer. It might be a stretch, but ideas like this have researchers at North Carolina State University examining the ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Nanotechnology shows great potential for revolutionizing the textile industry across its entire range of applications – medical, military, domestic, work, sports and clothing – ...

The “Nanofics 110” coatings are highly water repellent (water contact angle of 110 degrees according to ASTM D5964) and highly oil repellent (oil repellency level 6 according to ISO 14419) ...