A new report from a group of Chinese scientists just might hold the key needed to propel e-reading to a whole new level.
In the study, “metal ink was found to exhibit very interesting properties as a printing ink on flexible electronics, especially on paper substrates because it is environment friendly, recyclable, foldable, and lightweight.”
What exactly does that mean to do those of use who are scientifically challenged and don’t know the difference between a nanoparticle and a nanosheet?
The technology could be applied to a new generation of bendable gadgets, such as electronic books that could potentially look and feel more like traditional paperbacks, and who knows they might eventually get the smell right too!
And from the image below it would seem to allow unlimited possibilities for artists and the book arts.
The next question is if it is going to mimic a paperback could hold up after repeated use.
And the answer is yes, “to test the ink’s flexibility, they folded the papers 1,000 times, even crumpling them up, and showed that the ink maintained 80 to 90 percent of its conductivity.”
For e-reading the future looks bendy.