Engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed inexpensive electronic memory chips that can bend or twist, from readily available materials. Processing the characteristics of the memristor, a device that allows data to be stored in circuitry even if power is switched off, these new flexible memory chips have a great potential to make it big in many applications, including medicine and wearable clothing and devices.
Using polymer sheets and depositing a thin film of titanium dioxide with a sol gel process on them, a flexible memory switch has been created which operates on less than 10 volts, doesn’t lose memory when power is off, and still functions after being flexed and bent more than 4,000 times. Flexible electronic components have always been a fad for portable gadget developers, and this new device could pave a new dimension for them.
Via: NIST
