Stretchable active-matrix organic light-emitting diode display using printable elastic conductors

Nature Materials

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 494-499

  Sekitani, Tsuyoshi ^a   Nakajima, Hiroyoshi ^b   Maeda, Hiroki ^b   Fukushima, Takanori ^a,c   Aida, Takuzo ^a,d   Hata, Kenji ^e   Someya, Takao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO LTD   (Japan)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; IONIC LIQUIDS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MANUFACTURE; RUBBER; RUBBER APPLICATIONS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); YARN;

ACTIVE MATRIX DISPLAYS; ACTIVE MATRIX ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAYS; CONDUCTING NETWORKS; FLUORINATED RUBBERS; LARGE-AREA ELECTRONICS; SENSORS AND ACTUATORS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWNTS); STRETCHABLE ELECTRONICS;

ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED);

EID: 67349198513     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2459     Document Type: Article

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