E-waste is rapidly turning into another man-made disaster. It is proposed that a paradigm shift toward a more sustainable future can be made through soft-matter electronics that are resilient, repairable if damaged, and recyclable (3R), provided that they achieve the same level of maturity as industrial electronics. This includes high-resolution patterning, multilayer implementation, microchip integration, and automated fabrication. Herein, a novel architecture of materials and methods for microchip-integrated condensed
soft-matter 3R electronics is demonstrated. The 3R function is enabled by a biphasic liquid metal-based composite, a block copolymer with nonpermanent physical crosslinks, and an electrochemical technique for material recycling. In addition, an autonomous laser-patterning method for scalable circuit patterning with an exceptional resolution of <30 µm in seconds is developed. The phase-shifting property of the BCPs is utilized for vaporassisted “soldering” circuit repairing and recycling. The process is performed
entirely at room temperature, thereby opening the door for a wide range of heat-sensitive and biodegradable polymers for the next generation of green electronics. The implementation and recycling of sophisticated skin-mounted patches with embedded sensors, electrodes, antennas, and microchips that build a digital fingerprint of the human electrophysiological signals is demonstrated by collecting mechanical, electrical, optical, and thermal data from the epidermis.

3R Electronics. A) Constitutional materials, including biphasic liquid metal-based inks and reversible polymers. B) Autonomous fabrication techniques including printing/laser patterning i), Pick and place ii), and vapor-assisted soldering and healing iii). Thanks to the reversible polymers, the microchips penetrate the ink and the substrate, resulting in a seamless integration into the circuit v). C) Example of a laser patterned soft-matter circuit with eight strain gauges and state of the art SMD microchips for processing, amplification, and communication. D) The concept for recovery of the elements from 3Rs electronics, based on dissolving reversible polymeric matrix. E) Utilization of reversible polymers with nonpermanent physical crosslinks, as the substrate, e-textile adhesive, and binder in ink, contributes to self-soldering, Self-healing, repairing and recycling.

A) Synthesis of sinter-free stretchable biphasic ink. B) Digital Printing of e-patch and e-textile circuits C) Example of a pressure mapping e-textile fabricated through digital printing. D) Example of a wearable glove with printed bending and pressure sensors, its application in pressure sensing, and surface texture classification. E) High-resolution Laser Patterning of the circuits using an accessible IR laser and Single-step vapor-assisted soldering of miniaturized components: i) Example of the fabrication steps. ii) No solder material or thermal treatment is necessary. Examples of chipintegrated soft-matter epidermal biostickers for mechano-sensing iii), thermal iv), optical v), and electrical sensing vi). These patches can be used for monitoring respiration and physical activities iii), body temperature iv), heart rate, and SPO2 v). The belt presented in E-iv measures ECG, heart rate, respiration, temperature, and body motions simultaneously.