Printed electronics for cultivating plants in space

Siqing Wang, Ying Diao

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Abstract

Plants are vital to future long-term space missions as a renewable food source and ecological system for producing essential substances. NASA has been developing special chambers to grow fresh vegetables in space, and printed electronics may be the key to monitoring the health and growth of these plants with minimal human effort, resources and energy.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)762-763
Number of pages2
JournalNature Reviews Materials
Volume9
Issue number11
Early online dateOct 11 2024
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2024

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Biomaterials
  • Energy (miscellaneous)
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films
  • Materials Chemistry

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