Dry and wet sliding wear of ITO-coated PET components used in flexible optoelectronic applications

Wear

Volumn 267, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 625-631

  Sierros, K A ^a   Morris, N J ^a   Kukureka, S N ^b   Cairns, D R ^a,b  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flexible optoelectronic devices; ITO; PET

Indexed keywords

ABRASIVE WEARS; ACRYLIC ACIDS; ADHESIVE WEARS; COHESIVE FAILURES; DRY AND WET; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; ELECTRODE COMPONENTS; FLAT SURFACES; FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS; FLEXIBLE OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; IN-SITU; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; ITO; ITO FILMS; LIGHT WEIGHT; LITTLE RESEARCH; MECHANICAL FLEXIBILITY; NORMAL LOADS; OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY; OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS; PET; PET SUBSTRATE; PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVES; RECIPROCATING WEAR; RELIABILITY PARAMETERS; SEM; SLIDING CONDITIONS; SLIDING CYCLES; SLIDING WEAR; WEAR CHARACTERISTICS; WEAR MECHANISMS; WEIGHT LOSS; WEIGHT MEASUREMENT;

ADHESIVES; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; MACHINE DESIGN; MECHANISMS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYETHYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES; THERMOPLASTICS; TIN; TRIBOLOGY; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

EID: 65749095247     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2008.12.042     Document Type: Article

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