Ngenxa yomsebenzi owenziwa yiqembu labasebenza ngokusebenza kwamananoya elabhorethri kaJonathan Claussen e-University of Iowa, e-United States, isu elisha lenzelwe phrinta amasekethe e-graphene ezindaweni ezine-polymer ne-cellulose engakwazi ukukhuthaza ukuthuthukiswa kwalokho okwaziwa ngokuthi yi-paper electronics.
Ngokwalokho okushicilelwe, kubonakala sengathi laba bacwaningi bebefuna izindlela ezahlukahlukene izinyanga zokusebenzisa i-graphene, futhi ikakhulukazi izakhiwo zayo ezisamangalisa, ukwenza izinzwa ezintsha nobunye ubuchwepheshe. Njengesikhumbuzo, ngikutshele ukuthi i-graphene iyi- impahla eqinile kunensimbi yize i-athomu elilodwa likhuluphele. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, kutholakale ukuthi inezimfanelo ezinhle kakhulu njengomqhubi kagesi nokushisa kanye namakhono wokuthakazelisa nawokukhanya athakazelisayo kakhulu.
Ukwenziwa kwamasekethe aphrintiwe ephepheni sibonga ngokusondele kakhulu kule ndlela entsha yokuphrinta i-graphene.
Ngakho konke lokhu engqondweni, impela kulula kakhulu ukuqonda ukuthi kungani leli qembu labaphenyi lithathe isinqumo sokufuna izindlela ezintsha zokusebenza ne-graphene. Ekufuneni kwabo bazuzile sungula indlela entsha ezingasetshenziswa ngazo amaphrinta we-inkjet wokuphrinta amasekethe anezendlalelo eziningi nama-electrode. Ngeshwa, lapho into isiphrintiwe, yalahlekelwa wukusebenza kukagesi, ngakho-ke kwakudingeka ukuyiphatha ukwenza ngcono ukusebenza kwayo ngangokunokwenzeka.
Ukuze benze lokhu kwelashwa, ngemuva kokuhlolwa okuningi banqume ukubheja kubuchwepheshe be-laser, isixazululo esiphumelele kakhulu kusukela, ngo phatha amasekethe kagesi ama-multilayer nama-electrode aphrintiwe ngenqubo ye-laser eshaywayo Babengabona ukuthi ukuqhutshwa kukagesi kuthuthukile ngaphandle kokulimaza i-substrate yephepha, i-polymer noma enye indawo ecekeleke phansi.