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Researchers design new inks for 3D-printable wearable bioelectronics

NIBIB in the News
August 18, 2022

Potential uses include printing electronic tattoos for medical tracking applications

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A team of researchers has developed a new class of biomaterial inks that mimic native characteristics of highly conductive human tissue, much like skin, which are essential for the ink to be used in 3D printing. Source: Science Daily/Texas A&M University