1 million times of folding without damage, a breakthrough in conductive super-folding materials

A few days ago, a research team led by Professor Wu Qingsheng from the School of Chemical Science and Engineering of Tongji University has developed a super-folding conductive carbon material (SFCM), which can withstand 1 million or even unlimited 180° true folding, and is expected to be applied to foldable mobile phones, etc.
Flexible electronic devices
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The research team applied metamaterial design ideas and bionic design ideas, and used improved electrospinning/gradient carbonization technology to prepare non-destructive superfolded fiber network carbon for the first time, achieving a breakthrough in materials
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The superfolded conductive carbon material they prepared can withstand 1 million or even infinite 180° true folds without any microstructural damage and conductivity changes
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They also revealed its superfolding mechanism for the first time through a self-designed scanning electron microscope (SEM) microscopic dynamic observation system
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Wu Qingsheng said that in the next step, they will expand this set of theories and methods to more and wider ultra-folding materials and devices, so that flexible electronic devices such as foldable mobile phones can be freely retracted and wearable devices can be freely Activities, washing and hiding at will, so that the integration of origami mobile phones and computers can be realized as soon as possible
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