Editing Electroluminescence (section)

==New applications==
Electroluminescent lighting is now used as an application for public safety identification involving alphanumeric characters on the roof of vehicles for clear visibility from an aerial perspective.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.Air-EL.com/ |title=air-el |publisher=Federal Signal |access-date=July 23, 2016}}</ref>

Electroluminescent lighting, especially [[electroluminescent wire]] (EL wire), has also made its way into clothing as many designers have brought this technology to the entertainment and nightlife industry.<ref>Diana Eng. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Wn9cPkCtzcsC "Fashion Geek: Clothes Accessories Tech"]. 2009.</ref> From 2006, t-shirts with an electroluminescent panel stylized as an audio [[Equalization (audio)|equalizer]], the T-Qualizer, saw a brief period of popularity.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jain |first=Bupesh |title=T-Qualizer: The beat goes on |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/t-qualizer-the-beat-goes-on/ |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=CNET |language=en}}</ref>

Engineers have developed an electroluminescent "skin" that can stretch more than six times its original size while still emitting light. This hyper-elastic light-emitting capacitor (HLEC) can endure more than twice the strain of previously tested stretchable displays. It consists of layers of transparent hydrogel electrodes sandwiching an insulating elastomer sheet. The elastomer changes luminance and capacitance when stretched, rolled, and otherwise deformed. In addition to its ability to emit light under a strain of greater than 480% of its original size, the group's HLEC was shown to be capable of being integrated into a [[soft robotics|soft robotic]] system. Three six-layer HLEC panels were bound together to form a crawling soft robot, with the top four layers making up the light-up skin and the bottom two the pneumatic actuators. The discovery could lead to significant advances in health care, transportation, electronic communication and other areas.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160303150224.htm|title=Super elastic electroluminescent 'skin' will soon create mood robots|last=Cornell University|date=March 3, 2016|work=Science Daily|access-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref>