One goal for the future of electronics is the ability to print large, flexible circuits using machines similar to printing presses. While great strides have been made in developing bendable and lightweight organic materials to use in this type of circuitry, methods to deposit those materials over large areas have not been as successful.

Recently, scientists from the DuPont’s Material Science and Engineering division and Organic ID, a subsidiary of Weyerhaeuser that manufactures printable RFID tags, developed a circuit-printing technique that addresses some of the problems that have plagued other attempts.