Nanowire technology breakthrough could unlock new material manufacturing
Published: 9 January 2026
Researchers from the JWSE have developed a new method of interfacial imprinting ultra-thin nanowires onto bendable, transparent polymeric substrates. The technique, developed at the University’s meLAB and led by researcher Jungang Zhang, works by pairing laser engineering with a technique which uses electric fields to precisely arrange nanoscale materials, and could easily be scaled up to enable manufacture without the need to use cleanroom facilities.