Needs and Enabling Technologies for Stretchable Electronics Commercialization
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Publication Date
2017-01-09Journal Title
MRS Advances
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Volume
2
Issue
31-32
Pages
1721-1729
Language
English
Type
Article
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Tan, E., Jing, Q., Smith, M., Kar-Narayan, S., & Occhipinti, L. (2017). Needs and Enabling Technologies for Stretchable Electronics Commercialization. MRS Advances, 2 (31-32), 1721-1729. https://doi.org/10.1557/adv.2017.2
Abstract
Stretchable electronics represent an emerging class of devices that can be compressed, twisted and conform to very complicated shapes. The mechanical and electrical compliances of the technology promise to open up applications for healthcare, energy and entertainment purposes. However, advancement in the field has been hindered by material related constraints. Moreover, the current microfabrication facilities are optimized for rigid substrates such as silicon, which have significant different properties compared to elastomers. In this paper, four categories of enabling technologies for stretchable electronics commercialization are critically reviewed, namely: the novel design of stretchable structures, use of non-conventional materials, state-of-art printing techniques and also the patterning of electrodes or metal interconnects via conventional manufacturing techniques.
Keywords
lithography (deposition), microelectro-mechanical (MEMS), inkjet printing
Sponsorship
European Research Council (639526)
European Commission Horizon 2020 (H2020) Marie Sk?odowska-Curie actions (702868)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/K03099X/1)
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1557/adv.2017.2
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/267118
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