Wednesday, August 2, 2017

WSU physicists turn a crystal into an electrical circuit

08/02/2017 02:29 PM EDT

a sample with four metal contacts (left), illustration of a laser drawing a conductive path between two contacts (right)

Washington State University (WSU) physicists have found a way to write an electrical circuit into a crystal, opening up the possibility of transparent, three-dimensional electronics that, like an Etch A Sketch, can be erased and reconfigured.


Full story at https://news.wsu.edu/2017/07/27/wsu-physicists-write-light-turn-crystal-electrical-circuit/

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