Through the eyes of Thomas Parker, a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, for its acronym in English), the future is very clear: electronics will be flexible, transparent and ubiquitous.
Palacios received the PECASE (Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers), which gives the U.S. president young scientists.
"The electronic devices that we have today are quite conventional: they are solid blocks that can be folded and not let in light. The electronics of the future will totally change your appearance, it will be ubiquitous, it will be in all parties, "the teacher told the BBC, from his office in the American university.
Palacios was born in the province of Jaen in southern Spain. He studied Telecommunications Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, did his doctorate at the University of California and, since 2006, is Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT.
"I have a group of 20 students and doctors working in advanced electronics. We are trying to figure out how we can make faster computers and cell phones that connect to the Internet faster," said the professor.
In order to fabricate transparent and flexible mobile phone, you need to get materials that are very cheap and consume little power.
Graphene
Graphene is made of graphite. Here is a graphene chemical sensor on a film.
With that in mind, Palacios and his team are testing a new material called graphene, which consists of a single atom thick. That makes it thinner material that exists.
Another quality of graphene is that it is one of the best materials for electronics, graphene transistors operating up to one hundred times faster than silicon transistors.
It is, according to Palacios, the strongest material known, is five times harder than steel, and the best thermal and electrical conductor.
It also has a very important property: it is transparent and flexible.
"We're using for the manufacture of new electronic devices and circuits. One of what we have in mind is a phone that is flexible, it can be folded and when we want to use it, we extend it on the table or around the clothes" said the professor.
Palacios says his team is not the only one who is trying to develop the revolutionary technology. Leading companies in mobile phones are on the list.
However, according to the researcher, there is no perfect material, including graphene has disadvantages.
Palacios received the PECASE (Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers), which gives the U.S. president young scientists.
"The electronic devices that we have today are quite conventional: they are solid blocks that can be folded and not let in light. The electronics of the future will totally change your appearance, it will be ubiquitous, it will be in all parties, "the teacher told the BBC, from his office in the American university.
Palacios was born in the province of Jaen in southern Spain. He studied Telecommunications Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, did his doctorate at the University of California and, since 2006, is Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT.
"I have a group of 20 students and doctors working in advanced electronics. We are trying to figure out how we can make faster computers and cell phones that connect to the Internet faster," said the professor.
In order to fabricate transparent and flexible mobile phone, you need to get materials that are very cheap and consume little power.
Graphene
Graphene is made of graphite. Here is a graphene chemical sensor on a film.
With that in mind, Palacios and his team are testing a new material called graphene, which consists of a single atom thick. That makes it thinner material that exists.
Another quality of graphene is that it is one of the best materials for electronics, graphene transistors operating up to one hundred times faster than silicon transistors.
It is, according to Palacios, the strongest material known, is five times harder than steel, and the best thermal and electrical conductor.
It also has a very important property: it is transparent and flexible.
"We're using for the manufacture of new electronic devices and circuits. One of what we have in mind is a phone that is flexible, it can be folded and when we want to use it, we extend it on the table or around the clothes" said the professor.
Palacios says his team is not the only one who is trying to develop the revolutionary technology. Leading companies in mobile phones are on the list.
However, according to the researcher, there is no perfect material, including graphene has disadvantages.
Via:bbc
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