Colder, Colder…
The process of sintering, or bonding the metals that make up the flexible circuits, usually happens at 572 degrees Fahrenheit.
“The skin surface cannot withstand such a high temperature, obviously,” Penn State engineer and lead author Hanyu “Larry” Cheng said in a press release. “To get around this limitation, we proposed a sintering aid layer — something that would not hurt the skin and could help the material sinter together at a lower temperature.”
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