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Semiconductors that stretch and heal

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Polymeric semiconductors have been prepared whose molecular properties make them stretchable and healable — a milestone in the development of sophisticated organic electronic surfaces that mimic human skin. See Letter p.411

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Figure 1: Molecular design for an intrinsically stretchable and healable organic semiconductor.

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