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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"conformal electronics"”.
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Addressing process variation in aerosol jet printing and accelerating conformal electronics manufacturing
… manufacturing technique used for printing electronics. Capable of printing features on the order of 10-100 μm, AJP excels at patterning on surfaces with 3D topography, such as 3D structures and microelectronics packages, due to its large nozzle-to-surface offset of 1-5 mm. Of particular …
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Multi-material Non-planar Additive Manufacturing for Conformal Electronics on Curvilinear Surfaces
… processes, offer the ability to fabricate conformal electronics with impressive structure and function on curvilinear substrates. Although various available methods offer conformal 3D printing capability on objects with limited geometric complexity, a number of challenges remain to improve …
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Materials and designs for 3D conformal electronics with capabilities in cardiac mapping and stimulation
… in materials and mechanics for flexible electronics create opportunities for building novel electronic devices that physically interface with the human body, its organs and various tissues. Among the wide variety of application scenarios, integration with the heart represents a case that …
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Flexible and foldable single-crystalline silicon electronics for various applications
… enable electronic devices with area coverage, conformal electronics, mechanical properties, or geometrical form features that would be impossible to achieve using traditional, wafer-based technologies. This thesis presents the fabrications of three different ultrathin silicon electronic …
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A robotic system for photopatteming of freeform surfaces
… such as structurally integrated sensors, conformal electronics, and customized medical implants. This thesis presents the design, construction, and initial performance evaluation of a robotic system capable of maskless photopatterning on objects having complex curvature and dimensions …
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Characterization of the Integration of Additively Manufactured All-Aromatic Polyimide and Conductive Direct-Write Silver Inks
… physical creation of integrated, complex, and conformal electronics such as embedded electronics and complex routing on a fully AM structure. Although this hybridization has a promising outlook, there are several key AM substrate-related limitations that limit the final performance of these …
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Closed-loop Tool Path Planning for Non-planar Additive Manufacturing and Sensor-based Inspection on Stationary and Moving Freeform Objects
… suggests AM can provide novel opportunities in conformal manufacturing, several challenges remain to be addressed. The identified challenges in non-planar AM fall into three categories: 1) conformal 3D printing on substrates with complex topography of which CAD model representation is not …
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Ferroelectric/piezoelectric flexible mechanical energy harvesters and stretchable epidermal sensors for medical applications
… operation are desired attributes for electronics that directly interface with the human body. The collective results in this dissertation suggest utility in a variety of sensors and energy harvesting components, with lightweight construction, attractive mechanical properties and …