Descripción del proyecto
Llegan novedades a la electrónica de inspiración biológica e impresa en 3D
Está en curso una transición de una electrónica rígida, frágil, contaminante y dependiente de pilas a otra blanda, resiliente, reciclable y autoalimentada. En este contexto, el equipo del proyecto financiado con fondos europeos Liquid3D desarrollará una serie de revolucionarios compuestos imprimibles sin sinterización, basados en metales líquidos. Servirán para imprimir en 3D celdas funcionales para la detección, activación, procesamiento y almacenamiento de energía que están entrelazadas de manera distribuida y tridimensional. El objetivo de Liquid3D es ofrecer libertad de diseño a los científicos, pues les permite imprimir electrónica blanda futurísta. Lo más impresionante de esta electrónica es que permitirá un nivel de inspiración biológica sin precedentes en los dispositivos diseñados por el ser humano. El equipo del proyecto también obtendrá conocimientos fundamentales y realizará una modelización matemática de compuestos bifásicos basados en metal líquido, así como métodos para reciclar los compuestos desarrollados.
Objetivo
Liquid3D proposes bioinspired electronics and machines that are soft, resilient, self-healing, shape-morphing, and fully recyclable. Functional sensing/acting/processing/energy cells will be 3D printed using a series of game changer Liquid Metal based composites. As a result, we will print futuristic soft electronics that sense and interact with humans or the environment. This provides an excellent design freedom to scientists for manufacturing complex “living” electronics, while guaranteeing that any possible product coming from these inventions will be Resilient, Repairable, and Recyclable. I expect that over 80% of microchips, and metals in the printed circuits, can be recovered. Liquid3D redefines the electronics, by rethinking the materials, fabrications, and design architectures.
These objectives are feasible, thanks to the recent breakthroughs that I made to the field: First; discovery of the biphasic (liquid-solid) composite based on Gallium-Indium Liquid Metal (LM), that allowed the first ever method for room temperature printing of stretchable circuits; and second, a method for inclusion of microelectronics into ultra-stretchable circuits through self-soldering, self-healing, and self-encapsulating of LM-Polymer composites.
With Liquid3D I will develop fundamental understanding, and mathematical modelling of biphasic systems, and develops novel room temperature printable composites with sensing/acting/energy storage properties, and methods for recycling them. I will investigate novel forms of implementing truly 3D electronics, with distributed functional cells.
Liquid3D intends to fundamentally rethink, the concept of electronics, as we know today. From rigid and brittle to soft, resilient and repairable; From polluting to recyclable; from battery dependent to self-powered; from 2D to truly 3D; It proposes a radically new way of making “greener” electronics.
With Liquid3D I aim to establish the world leading centre on recyclable, and green electronics.
Ámbito científico
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcomposites
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringroboticssoft robotics
- natural sciencesphysical scienceselectromagnetism and electronicsmicroelectronics
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineeringadditive manufacturing
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Programa(s)
- HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme
Régimen de financiación
HORIZON-ERC - HORIZON ERC GrantsInstitución de acogida
3004-531 Coimbra
Portugal