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Biodegradable Luminescent Polymers Show Promise for Reducing Electronic Waste

The discovery has the potential to reduce electronic waste and develop new applications for luminescent polymers.

From your car’s navigation display to the screen you are reading this on, luminescent polymers—a class of flexible materials that contain light-emitting molecules—are used in a variety of today’s electronics. Luminescent polymers stand out for their light-emitting capability, coupled with their remarkable flexibility and stretchability, showcasing vast potential across diverse fields of application. However, once these electronics reach their end use, they are discarded, piled up...

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