{"id":234734,"date":"2026-04-07T02:36:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T07:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/stitching-precise-patterns-with-lasers"},"modified":"2026-04-07T02:36:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T07:36:34","slug":"stitching-precise-patterns-with-lasers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/stitching-precise-patterns-with-lasers","title":{"rendered":"Stitching precise patterns\u2014with lasers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/stitching-precise-patterns-with-lasers2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just as embroiderers, with needle and thread, can transform plain fabric into an intricate pattern, engineers can use lasers and polymers to create flexible, complex structures that could transform life-saving sensing technology. An interdisciplinary team at the University of Pittsburgh\u2019s Swanson School of Engineering has developed a new manufacturing strategy that reveals where and how laser-induced graphene (LIG) forms on polymers.<\/p>\n<p>The research opens new opportunities for flexible microelectrodes and neurochemical biosensors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMiniaturizing Laser-Induced Graphene for Biosensors by Spatial Control of Initiation and Side-Selective Microfabrication on Commercial Polymers\u201d was selected as a cover feature in Issue 7 of the <i>Advanced Materials Technologies<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/admt.70845\" target=\"_blank\">published<\/a> in April 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just as embroiderers, with needle and thread, can transform plain fabric into an intricate pattern, engineers can use lasers and polymers to create flexible, complex structures that could transform life-saving sensing technology. An interdisciplinary team at the University of Pittsburgh\u2019s Swanson School of Engineering has developed a new manufacturing strategy that reveals where and how [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,1635],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-234734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chemistry","category-materials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234734\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}