Inspired by underwater invertebrates such as the jelly fish, Assistant Professor Benjamin Tee and his team from NUS Materials Science and Engineering, in collaboration with researchers from Tsinghua University, China and the University of California Riverside, USA, created an electronic skin with similar functionality. The electronic skin is transparent, stretchable, touch-sensitive and has self-healing abilities in aquatic environments. It could be used in everything from water-resistant touchscreens to aquatic soft robots. The electronic skin is created by printing the novel material into electronic circuits. Being soft and stretchable, the material’s electrical properties change when touched, pressed or strained.

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