Bridging the Gap: Rewritable Electronics Using Real-Time Light-Induced Dielectrophoresis on Lithium Niobate.

ABSTRACT: In the context of micro-electronics, the real-time manipulation and placement of components using optics alone promises a route towards increasingly dynamic systems, where the geometry and function of the device is not fixed at the point of fabrication. Here, we demonstrate physically reconfigurable circuitry through light-induced dielectrophoresis on lithium niobate. Using virtual electrodes, patterned by light, to trap, move, and chain individual micro-solder-beads in real-time via dielectrophoresis, we demonstrate rewritable electrical contacts which can make electrical connections between surface-bound components. The completed micro-solder-bead bridges were found to have relatively low resistances that were not solely dominated by the number of interfaces, or the number of discrete be

SUBMITTER: Sperling JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5575290 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature