Printed & Flexible Electronics – Page 3

Transparent, Scalable, and Flexible Piezoelectric Pressure Sensors

Vishniakou S., UC San Diego, US

We present a pressure-sensitive ZnO thin-film transistor (TFT) as a potential technology for next-generation touchscreen. We discuss the properties of our devices and propose a structure that could be used to create transparent, scalable, and [...]

Wearable and flexible electronic devices: Market forecasts 2015-2025

Zervos H., IDTechEx Inc, US

Wearable technology mainly concerns devices and apparel. With a wide range of products, from glasses and other headgear to arm, wrist, leg and footwear, skin patches and even jewelry, the device business is already large, [...]

Room-temperature printing of thin-film devices for flexible electronics

Minari T., Kanehara M., National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), JP

We have established 'Room-Temperature Printed Electronics (RTPE)' as the new fabrication method for thin-film electronic devices, which can be carried out under ambient atmospheric condition at room temperature without application of heat. Thermal damage is [...]

Engineering nanoinks and photonic manufacturing for printable electronics

Hu A., University of Tennessee, US

We have developed various nanoinks, including silver nanowires, silver nanoplates, Cu-Ag core-shell nanoparticles, graphene oxide and graphene. Gram level nanoplates are successfully synthesized through a polymer controlled hydrothermal growth. Core-shell structures are synthesized through a [...]

Flexible Electronics

Printed Gas Sensors for the Trillion Sensor Universe

Stetter E.F., Stetter J.R., Stetter E.F., Stetter J.R., Findlay M., Patel V., KWJ Engineering Inc. & SPEC Sensors LLC, US

Estimates predict that within a few years, we will need trillions of sensors to match the global development of wireless communications and computation. Chemical and gas sensors are an integral part of this need for [...]

Stretchable Electronics

Liang J., Li L., Liang J., Hajagos J., Niu X., Yu Z., Pei Q., University of California, Los Angeles, US

The emergence of devices that combine elasticity with electronic or optoelectronic properties offers exciting new opportunities for applications, but brings significant materials challenges. We will report (1) an elastomeric transparent conductor as a radically new [...]

Fully Integrated Embroidery Process for Smart Textiles

Trindade I.G., Spranger P., Martins F., Miguel R., Pereira M., Santos Silva M., Universidade da Beira Interior, PT

In this article, a compact textile system produced with a single embroidery digital machine and high design and integration versatility is presented. Clothing integrating textile electrodes made by seamless knitting has been proposed to monitor [...]

High Performance Organic Transistors based on Molecular Doping

Lussem B., Tietze M., Kleemann H., Fischer A., Gunther A., Leo K., Kent State University, US

Organic transistors hold the promise of enabling the field of flexible electronics. However, despite significant progress in the past, the performance and reliability of organic transistors has to be improved further to turn the dream [...]

A method to produce microelectronic devices on textile and paper substrates

Trindade I.G., Miguel R., Lucas J., Pereira M., Santos Silva M., Universidade da Beira Interior, PT

In this article, electrically conducting coatings of poly(3, 4 – ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) were synthetized on textile substrates by the vapor phase polymerization (VPP) method, using water as solvent. The VPP method is considerably more sustainable [...]