You hit print on an object downloaded from an online database, and watch as it lays down skinny cross-sections one after another. That's how 3D printers work. It ...

A new roll-based printing method could help turn fragile nanowire forests into dense, aligned, flexible electronic layers for wearable sensors, UV photodetectors, and next-generation device platforms.

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Researchers have developed an inexpensive solar cell that can be painted or printed on flexible plastic sheets. "Someday homeowners will even be able to print sheets of these solar cells with ...