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Imagine a stretchable and durable sensor patch for monitoring the rehabilitation of patients with elbow or knee injuries, or an unbreakable and reliable wearable device that measures a runner’s ...

For 25 years, chemists have been finding applications that take advantage of the extreme surface areas of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). In just 1 g of some of these porous materials, the areas can ...

A recently granted patent (Publication Number: US11751327B2) describes an electrically conductive film for a cell contacting unit in a battery. The film consists of an electrically nonconductive ...

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