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Showing 1 to 20 of 77 for “"flexible substrates"”.
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Development of REBCO Tapes on Non-Metallic Flexible Substrates for RF Applications
RE-Ba-Cu-O (REBCO, RE = rare earth) films on a flexible, low-cost, and low-thermal-expansion substrate offer a unique advantage for radio-frequency (RF) applications such as surface receiver coils for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Second-generation high-temperature superconductors (2G-HTS) are …
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Application of cellulosic materials as flexible substrates for two-dimensional electronic heterostructure devices
… goal of creating a set of materials to enable flexible electronics, two-dimensional (2D) materials are incredibly capable. This family of nanomaterials comprises a suite of strong and flexible conducting, semiconducting, and dielectric materials. These materials, all compatible with one another …
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Thin film amorphous silicon cells by inductive PECVD, with a view towards flexible substrates
… Complete cells were deposited onto rigid and flexible substrates, and homogeneous thin films were grown to investigate their optical and electrical properties separately from the influence of whole devices. <br/>Initial photoconductivity measurements performed on intrinsic amorphous silicon …
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Hybrid Organic/Inorganic Flexible Structures: Low Temperature Deposition of Silver Conductive Tracks on Flexible Substrates
… atmospherically deposit conductive patterns on flexible polymeric substrates has recently gained considerable interest as an alternative to vacuum processes. This is because it can potentially lead to highly efficient and reliable transparent electrode components that can be used in lightweight …
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Printed microscale inorganic light emitting diodes on flexible substrates for display, biomedical, and robotic applications
Flexible electronics can offer various advantages such as intimate, conformal contacts to curvilinear surfaces and a high level of tolerance to an external strain over the conventional devices integrated on rigid platforms. With suitable choices of materials, design, and integrating strategies, …
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Printed microscale mono-crystalline silicon on flexible substrates for photovoltaic, strain sensors, and neural interface applications
In recent years, research in flexible electronic systems has increased due to its potential to create and manipulate new classes of applications (e.g., foldable and flexible display, flexible photovoltaic, epidermal electronics, and other systems) that can be integrated outside of conventional …
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Carbon nanotube strain sensors with wide dynamic range fabricated on flexible substrates by novel processing techniques
Carbon nanotube (CNT) strain sensors on flexible polyimide substrates with novel fabrication techniques have been fabricated. Excimer laser photoablation was used for simultaneous patterning of the CNT layer and the polyimide substrate. A transferring technique utilizing sacrificial etching was …
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Development and Scaling up of Oxide Buffer Architectures on Flexible Substrates for Efficient and Application-Derived Growth of REBCO Thin Films
High-performance REBCO film growth on low-cost, flexible, and scalable metallic substrates is sought for many applications requiring high critical current densities (Jc) with operability over a wide range of magnetic fields of 0–20 T and temperatures of 4.2–77 K. In addition, the growth of …
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Flexible Mems: A Novel Technology To Fabricate Flexible Sensors And Electronics
… and fabrication techniques used to fabricate flexible MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems) devices.</p> <p> MEMS devices and CMOS(Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor) circuits are traditionally fabricated on rigid substrates with inorganic semiconductor materials such as Silicon. …
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Carbon nanotube films for flexible electronics
… to fabricate large scale electronic devices on flexible substrates has been the goal of the newly emerging field of flexible macroelectronics. Thin film transistors (TFTs) have been fabricated on flexible substrates by using organic small-molecule and polymer-based materials, or thin layers of …
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Design and development of novel radio frequency identification (RFID) tag structures
… with cost optimization and can be realized on flexible substrates such as liquid crystal polymer (LCP), paper-based substrate and magnetic composite material for conformal applications. The demand for flexible RFID tags has recently increased tremendously due to the requirements of automatic …
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Substrate-mediated modulations of graphene’s electronic properties
… of substrate. First we consider graphene on flexible substrates and the interaction between the strain induced by the substrate and graphene's mechanical integrity. Next we consider ferroelectric substrates, the doping effect of the substrate polarization, and the effects of that polarization …
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Flexible and solution-processed organic thin film transistors for high voltage applications
… (HVOTFTs) were fabricated on solid and flexible substrates via a low temperature (< 120 °C) solution-processed and vacuum-deposited fabrication methods, achieving breakdown voltages and on/off current ratios beyond -550 V and 10⁶ A/A, respectively, a first of its kind. The HVOTFT design …
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Flexible Electronics: Materials and Device Fabrication
… and fabrication techniques to manufacture flexible electronic devices from them. Conductive ink formulations and inkjet printing of gold and silver on plastic substrates were examined. Line patterning and mask printing methods were also investigated as a means of selective metal deposition …
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SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS FOR THERMOELECTRIC ENERGY CONVERSION
… e.g. developing nanocrystal ink to coat on flexible substrates for applications in wearable thermoelectric devices.
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Optimizing Multi-Well Micro-Electrode Array (MW-MEA) Design to Study the Electrophysiology of Neurons
… the adaptability of rigid glass-based MW-MEAs to flexible substrates. The results of this study showed that electrodes with 6-wells had the ability to capture stronger signals occasionally, while electrodes with 5-wells could consistently record signals, albeit with less peak-to-peak amplitudes. …
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System-Technology Co-Optimization of Scaled Electronics Based on Two-Dimensional Materials
… (CMOS) circuits and flexible substrates. This research aims to advance high-density, high-performance electronics with low-power consumption for next-generation integrated systems.
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Mechanical and electrical fatigue of aerosol jet printed conductors
… of printed materials has been widely studied on flexible substrates. However, research on technologically relevant silicon has been limited and presents an opening for further investigation. This thesis demonstrates that non-contact printing methods can be extremely variable and material …
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Theory and simulation of amorphous organic electronic devices
… larger areas, higher efficiencies, flexible substrates, and inexpensive fabrication. The development of amorphous organic electronic devices requires a deep understanding of the physics of the underlying electronic processes, which are controlled by the behavior of polarons (charged …
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