Move Over Plastics: Revolutionary Soft, Sustainable Material Set To Transform Medical Devices and Wearable Tech

Biodegradable structures have the potential to transform energy, information technology, and advanced medicine. Step aside, hard and rigid materials — a new soft, sustainable electroactive material is here, ready to unlock new possibilities for medical devices, wearable technology, and human-computer interfaces. Using peptides and a snippet of the large molecules in plastics, Northwestern University materials [...]