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A new fabrication technique can make speedy transistors on a flexible plastic substrate [kurzweilai.net]:

Engineers fabricate high-performance transistors with wireless capabilities using a radical fabrication method based on huge rolls of flexible plastic. "We don't want to make them the way the semiconductor industry does now."

A team headed by University of Wisconsin—Madison engineers has fabricated a flexible transistor that operates at a record 38 gigahertz, but may be able to operate at 110 gigahertz. The process could allow manufacturers to easily and cheaply fabricate high-performance transistors with wireless capabilities, using a radical fabrication method based on huge rolls of flexible plastic. The new transistor can also transmit data or transfer power wirelessly, which could unlock advances in a whole host of applications ranging from wearable electronics to sensors.

Fast Flexible Transistors with a Nanotrench Structure [nature.com] (open, DOI: 10.1038/srep24771)

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