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Integrating environmental assessment into early-stage wearable electronics research

Filippa Wentz, Mohsen Mohammadi, Klas Tybrandt, Magnus Berggren, Rickard Arvidsson, Aiman Rahmanudin

Journal of Materials Chemistry C· Volume 13· Issue 39
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Abstract

This perspective explores the intersection between materials research and environmental assessment during the early-stage development of next-generation wearables, encompassing flexible, stretchable, soft, transient, and printed electronics.
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Affiliations

Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Department of Science and Technology, Linköping University, 601 74 Norrköping, Sweden

Wallenberg Wood Science Centre, Department of Science and Technology, Linköping University, 601 74 Norrköping, Sweden

Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability, Department of Science and Technology, Linköping University, 601 74 Norrköping, Sweden

Environmental Systems Analysis, Department of Technology Management and Economics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden

Funding

Energimyndigheten · Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse · VINNOVA · Linköpings Universitet

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