In several cases, electronic materials having a relatively poor performance are incorporated owing to the limited processing temperature and chemical/mechanical resistance of plastic substrates [65].
The band's earlier, more electronic material had dabbled in dub-influenced bass sounds, but for "Merriweather" the members, while still producing their own work, sought an engineer with experience in hip-hop and R&B.
For the most part, developing a new organic electronic material has been a time-intensive, somewhat hit-or-miss process, requiring researchers to synthesize large numbers of candidate materials and then test them.
Graphene, a promising carbon-based electronic material, has been emerging as both a unique system for fundamental studies of condensed matter and quantum physics and a fascinating building block for integrated circuits in the age of post-silicon devices.
Attractive interdisciplinary research areas between electronic and photonic materials have been developed by modern semiconductor nanotechnology.
"These scaffolds are mechanically the softest electronic materials that have ever been made," says Lieber.
Meanwhile, Bao is already working on more bioinspired designs, including electronic materials that have the ability to heal.
It can also be seen in the advance of self-healing electronic materials, which have recently emerged from attempts to use polymer chemistry to mimic the healing capabilities of human skin.
These materials have electronic, mechanical, and optical properties that support a variety of novel technologies.
Although usable devices this small may be decades away (see microelectromechanical system), techniques for working at the nanoscale have become essential to electronic engineering, and nanoengineered materials have begun to appear in consumer products.
