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Remotely powered by printing

Nature Materials volume 6, pages 397–398 (2007)Cite this article

The opportunity to power devices remotely from a thin flexible sheet on the floor or walls sounds futuristic. Combining the unique attributes of organic electronics with high-resolution printing methods has made it possible.

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Figure 1: Miniature demonstration of the polymeric power transmission sheet in action.
Figure 2: An exploded view of the power-transmission sheet components.

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  1. Hagen Klauk is at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstrasse 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany. H.Klauk@fkf.mpg.de,

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