Fatigue life study of ITO/PET specimens in terms of electrical resistance and stress/strain via cyclic bending tests

IEEE/OSA Journal of Display Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 577-585

  Li, Tse Chang ^a   Han, Chang Fu ^a   Chen, Kuan Ting ^a   Lin, Jen Fin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electrical resistance; fatigue life; indium tin oxide (ITO) film plus poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) substrate; strain energy; substrate prestrain

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC BENDING TESTS; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; INDIUM TIN OXIDE FILMS; MAXIMUM ACCELERATION; MICRO-COMPRESSION TESTERS; POLY(ETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE) (PET); PRE-STRAIN; RECIPROCATING MOTION;

BENDING TESTS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; STRAIN ENERGY; SUBSTRATES; TIN;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 84880923848     PISSN: 1551319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JDT.2013.2251318     Document Type: Article

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