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Researchers build a fully edible transistor using tooth-whitening pigments found in toothpaste
Researchers from Italy and Serbia have built a transistor made from copper (II) and phthalocyanine (CuPc), a famous whitening agent used in toothpaste. These materials can also be used as organic ...
A toothpaste-based transistor is the latest innovation from the research team at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Milan. Milan (Italy), 26 September 2024 - A toothpaste-based transistor is the ...
WTF?! A humble toothpaste additive has provided the key to a major breakthrough in the field of edible electronics. Researchers have successfully built the first fully edible transistor using copper ...
Anna Gragert (she/her/hers) was previously the lifestyle editor at HelloGiggles, deputy editor at So Yummy and senior lifestyle editor at Hunker. Over the past 10+ years, Anna has also written for the ...
Several commercial toothpaste formulations contain crystals of copper phthalocyanine, a blue pigment that acts as a whitening agent. The research team integrated small amounts of this new ingredient ...
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