Root-inspired, template-confined additive printing for fabricating high-robust conformal electronics.

ABSTRACT: Conformal electronic devices on freeform surface play a critical role in the emerging smart robotics, smart skins, and integrated sensing systems. However, their functional structures such as circuits tend to tear-off, break, or crack under mechanical or thermal influence when in service, thus limiting the application reliability of conformal electronics. Herein, inspired by the tree root system, template-confined additive (TCA) printing technology was presented for reliable fabrication of robust circuits. TCA printing technology involves the penetration of adhesive into the functional material, thereby enhancing the mechanical robustness of the circuits, allowing them to maintain their electrical performance despite the presence of external damaging factors such as scratching, abrasion, f

SUBMITTER: Liu G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11646281 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature