Materials Strategies and Devices for Flexible and Stretchable Electronics

However, even flexible electronic devices with the simple mechanical bendability described above, not to mention conventional wafer-based device technologies, have clear limitations in certain applications on irregular and rugged surfaces, such as those on a wearable computer or various personal health sensing systems and hemispherical detector arrays. Therefore, other qualities besides flexibility, such as foldability (extreme bendability) or stretchability, are required. In this dissertation, a simple approach to high performance, stretchable and foldable integrated circuits was developed by integrating aligned arrays of nanoribbons of single crystalline silicon with ultrathin plastic and elastomeric substrates with an unconventional geometry, such as wavy and non-coplanar pop-up structures. In addition, various high potential applications, including electronic devices on gloves or disposable papers and encapsulation strategies for practical product applications, were also developed.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Materials Science and Engineering

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Kim, Dae Hyeong

Contributors dc:contributor

• Rogers, John A.

• Nanotechnology

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3392087

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/82855