Elastomeric substrates with embedded stiff platforms for stretchable electronics
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Stretchable electronics typically integrate hard, functional materials on soft substrates. Here we report on engineered elastomeric substrates designed to host stretchable circuitry. Regions of a stiff material, patterned using photolithography, are embedded within a soft elastomer leaving a smooth surface. We present the associated design rules to produce stretchable circuits based on experimental as well as modeling data. We demonstrate our approach with thin-film electronic materials. The “customized” elastomeric substrates may also be used as a generic elastic substrate for stretchable circuits prepared with alternative technologies, such as transfer-printing of inorganic, thinned devices.
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Although the hybrid film was stretched up to 30% in tensile strain, negligible strain (~0%) was applied on the reinforced islands, and the elastic region was mainly stretched because of the significant difference in Young's modulus.
“Although this hybrid film was stretched up to 30% in tensile strain, negligible strain (~0%) was applied on the reinforced islands, and the elastic region was mainly stretched because of the significant difference in Young’s modulus (24, 27, 28).”
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- Authors
- Romeo, A., Liu, Q., Suo, Z., & Lacour, S. P.
- Affiliations
- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH)
- Harvard University (US)
- Venue
- Applied Physics Letters
- Publisher
- AIP Publishing
- Published
- 2013-04-01
- Volume
- 102
- Issue
- 13
- ISSN
- 0003-6951 (ISSN-L)
- 1077-3118
- OpenAlex
- W1995127070
- Cited by
- 117
- References
- 16
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- FWCI
- 6.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Applied Physics Letters (publishedVersion)
- Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) (submittedVersion)
- Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Fondation Bertarelli
- Division of Materials Research
- FP7 Ideas: European Research Council (259419)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Nanofabrication and Lithography Techniques
- Keywords
- stretchable electronics, elastomeric substrates, stretchable circuits, photolithography, design rules, thin-film electronics, transfer printing, elastic substrate
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