Optical materials news, July 2021

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Novel hydrogel at the interface of brain monitoring

By utilizing a hydrogel that absorbs body fluids, researchers have produced a brain-machine interface that doesn't trigger a foreign body response.

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Reflecting on a structural advance in color displays

By coating a mirror with a nanoscale layer of a conducting polymer, researchers have created structural colors for reflective color displays.

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Silver film helps free light from OLEDs

A new electrode made from an ultrathin silver film can help prevent light from becoming trapped in organic light emitting diodes.

Paper electronics turn over a new leaf

paper offers a cheap, flexible and biodegradable alternative substrate to silicon for simple electronic devices like disposable sensors

High-quality 2D halide perovskite crystals grown from seeds

Researchers have produced 2D perovskite crystals that are stable and highly efficient at harvesting electricity from sunlight by growing them from seeds.