This time, we're delving into the world of materials science. In the English-speaking world, the word 'material' is often confused with 'cloth', but in the context of material science, and this podcast, we mean any physical substance. And as one set of chemical elements can be combined in multiple ways to produce quite different materials, there is a huge number of possible new materials yet to be made. New materials and processes to make them, from printed electronics to biological hybrids and data science, are driving innovation throughout electronics and beyond. How can new materials affect the way we work towards sustainability, and what role is biology playing in the development of new materials themselves?

Our guest is Professor Magnus Berggren. Magnus is a professor in Organic Electronics at Linköping University and an elected member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He is one of the pioneers of Printed Electronics, Organic Bioelectronics and Electronic Plants.

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