Stretchable organic thin-film transistors fabricated on wavy-dimensional elastomer substrates using stiff-island structures

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 762-764

  Choi, Jeong Seon ^a,b   Park, Chan Woo ^b   Na, Bock Soon ^b   Lim, Sang Chul ^b   Lee, Sang Seok ^b   Cho, Kyoung Ik ^b   Chu, Hye Yong ^b   Koo, Jae Bon ^b   Jung, Soon Won ^b   Yoon, Sung Min ^a  

^a Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

organic thin film transistor (OTFT); polydimethysiloxane elastomer; solution process; Stretchable electronics; wavy dimensional structure.

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; ELASTOMERS; MICROCHANNELS; STRAIN; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

FIELD-EFFECT MOBILITIES; LOW TEMPERATURES; ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTOR (OTFTS); ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; POLYDIMETHYSILOXANE; POLYDIMETHYSILOXANE ELASTOMERS; SOLUTION PROCESS; STRETCHABLE ELECTRONICS;

PLASTICS;

EID: 84903552105     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2014.2324559     Document Type: Article

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