Strain-resistance relationship in gold conductors for elastomeric-based flexible devices

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8204, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Durnin, Benjamin M ^a   Shah, Charan M ^a   Sriram, Sharath ^a   Bhaskaran, Madhu ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flexible electronics; Gold; PDMS; Photolithography; Polydimethylsiloxane; Resistance; Strain; Thin films

Indexed keywords

ELASTOMERIC SUBSTRATES; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; FLEXIBLE DEVICE; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES; FLEXIBLE PLATFORMS; FLEXIBLE POLYMERS; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; GOLD LAYER; INTEGRATED APPLICATIONS; MECHANICAL DEFORMATION; METAL LAYER; MICRO-FABRICATION TECHNIQUES; PDMS; PIEZOELECTRIC THIN FILMS; RESISTANCE VALUES; SILICONE POLYMERS; THIN FILM CONDUCTORS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHARACTERIZATION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRON DEVICES; GOLD; GOLD COATINGS; GOLD DEPOSITS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE; POLYMERS; SILICONES; STRAIN; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS;

EID: 84855767442     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.903187     Document Type: Conference Paper

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