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Stretchy plastics conduct electricity via tiny, whisker-like fibers

  • February 23, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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Stretchy plastics conduct electricity via tiny, whisker-like fibers
A stretchy, conductive type of plastic could help power the next generation of implantable biomedical devices, like longer-lasting pacemakers or glucose monitors, according to Enrique Gomez, professor of chemical engineering at Penn State.

Originally published at Phys.org

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