A research group led by Mikio Fukuhara (Academic Researcher), Toshiyuki Hashida (Specially Appointed Professor) and Akira Isogai (Distinguished Professor, University of Tokyo) has found that semiconductor and energy storage properties develop in a nanometer-thick sheet material with a controlled ChNF structure.
The research group has already discovered similar properties in cellulose nanofibers made from vegetable kenaf. Combined with the results of chitosan, it is expected that semiconductors can be fabricated from low-cost biomaterials that are widely available in nature, and that “paper electronics” can be put to practical use.
The results were published in AIP-Advances on March 1, 2024 and selected Editor’s pick.
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