Journal article
Locally reinforced polymer-based composites for elastic electronics.
- Erb RM Complex Materials, Department of Materials and ⊥Electronics Group, Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, ETH-Zurich , Zurich, 8093, Switzerland.
- Cherenack KH
- Stahel RE
- Libanori R
- Kinkeldei T
- Münzenrieder N
- Tröster G
- Studart AR
- 2012-06-09
Published in:
- ACS applied materials & interfaces. - 2012
English
A promising approach to fabricating elastic electronic systems involves processing thin film circuits directly on the elastic substrate by standard photolithography. Thin film devices are generally placed onto stiffer islands on the substrate surface to protect devices from excessive strain while still achieving a globally highly deformable system. Here we report a new method to achieve island architectures by locally reinforcing polymeric substrates at the macro- and microscale using magnetically responsive anisotropic microparticles. We demonstrate that the resulting particle-reinforced elastic substrates can be made smooth enough for the patterning and successful operation of thin film transistors with transfer characteristics comparable to state-of-the-art devices.
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- English
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- DOI 10.1021/am300508e
- PMID 22676211
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/277361
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