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Researchers from the American Chemical Society have created a model of an electronic circuit made from a piece of paper that contains all the electronic components and can be burned, left to degrade, or recycled.
Most electrical devices contain electronic circuits made of fiberglass, resin, and metal wire.
They are difficult to recycle or dispose of, making their use in medical devices, personal wearables, and environmental monitoring devices unpopular.
Disposable electronic devices, such as mobile phones, are a rapidly growing source of waste, and this problem can be overcome by using materials from renewable sources and disposing of them in a sustainable manner.
Paper circuits are more disposable, low-cost and more flexible, but require special paper, or consist of traditional metal wires placed on a piece of paper.
But researchers have developed an easy-to-manufacture circuit that includes all electronic components on paper, based on paper-based capacitors, resistors and conductors.
They first used the glue to print channels on a piece of paper with a simple pattern, then they melted it to be absorbed by the paper, and printed carriers and semi-conductors that were absorbed by the non-glue areas of it.
They then printed the additional metal components and applied an electrically stimulated substance to the paper; According to the organization’s website.
Tests showed that the circuit design worked well, and the end result was a flexible and thin paper circuit.
The researchers were able to completely burn them, making them disposable without any problems, which opens up a wide field for the production of electronic devices that are completely disposable from their circuits.
In their study published in the scientific journal “Applied Materials and Interfaces”, the researchers pointed out that the new design offers new solutions to the growing problem of e-waste.
While waste causes many problems; Like the spread of diseases, environmental pollution, and resource consumption, the need to recycle or dispose of them has become an environmental imperative.
In light of the rapid development in the field of electronic devices, the paper circuit contributes to developing the work of devices and reducing their prices. The low-weight electronic circuit can be used in the manufacture of micro-robots and others.