Xerox has developed an ink that can be used to print conductive circuits on plastic films and fabrics. Of course, the chains on flexible materials have long existed, but Xerox promises a completely new approach that significantly reduce the cost and complexity of the process.

New ink, called «silver bullet» (silver bullet), logically contain silver, conduct electricity and have a melting point lower than plastic.

One of the problems in the development of flexible electronics is just a high melting point metals (about 1000 degrees Celsius for metals and 150 degrees for plastic). When applying metals to the plastic substrate is simply melted earlier than the ink. The new ink is melted at 140 degrees Celsius, which will allow them to print on plastic, not melting it.

Now Xerox is discussing the technology with the manufacturers. The company hopes that the ink (along with other electronic components such as semiconductors) can get a lot of different applications. For example, the chain can be printed like ordinary paper and then embedded in a flexible gadget.

Also, such technology can be used to create plastic newsreaders to be flexible, light and durable. Of the alternatives to use in the head at once come Embedding chains in clothing, cheap RFID tags, solar cells and many other gadgets.