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RMIT researcher in line for Eureka moment
Associate Professor Madhu Bhaskaran explains the science behind her Eureka prize nomination and how her stretchable, wearable electronics can help in the battle against skin cancer.
AUDIO: Ambient music fades out
VISUAL: Associate Professor Madhu Bhaskaran talks directly to the camera. She is standing in front of a stair case that is blurred in the background.
TEXT ON SCREEN: Associate Professor Madhu Bhaskaran, Functional Materials and Microsystems Research Group, RMIT University
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MADHU BHASKARAN SPEAKS: Imagine a world where electronics are transparent and unbreakable.
This is what I work towards, the challenge in innovation lie in combining brittle oxide coatings like those on the touch screen of your smartphone…
VISUAL: Various shots of researchers working in the RMIT Micronano Research Facility.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MADHU BHASKARAN SPEAKS: …with soft silicon rubber to create electronics that are transparent and stretchable.
I have developed a transfer process that combines these diverse materials and have created wearable gas and UV sensors.
VISUAL: Shot of a young woman applying sunscreen at the beach.
VISUAL: Shot of gas plumes being emitted from a smoke stack.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MADHU BHASKARAN SPEAKS: These could be used to help fight skin cancer, detect dangerous gases in mines…
VISUAL: Associate Professor Madhu Bhaskaran talks directly to the camera. She is standing in front of a stair case that is blurred in the background.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MADHU BHASKARAN SPEAKS: … and will become an integral part of life and healthcare.
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