Printed Diod (VIDEO)

Linköping University

Caption

The video shows how a printed label picks up the radio signal from a telephone making a call, and uses the energy to switch the integrated display. This is only possible if there is a diode with GHz capacity that can rectify the signal.

Credit

Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Linköping University, Sweden

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Not to be published until 3 PM Eastern Time, July 7, 2014

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