Fully printable, strain-engineered electronic wrap for customizable soft electronics.

ABSTRACT: Rapid growth of stretchable electronics stimulates broad uses in multidisciplinary fields as well as industrial applications. However, existing technologies are unsuitable for implementing versatile applications involving adaptable system design and functions in a cost/time-effective way because of vacuum-conditioned, lithographically-predefined processes. Here, we present a methodology for a fully printable, strain-engineered electronic wrap as a universal strategy which makes it more feasible to implement various stretchable electronic systems with customizable layouts and functions. The key aspects involve inkjet-printed rigid island (PRI)-based stretchable platform technology and corresponding printing-based automated electronic functionalization methodology, the combination of which p

SUBMITTER: Byun J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5364427 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature