Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) serpentine ribbons on soft substrates stretched beyond 100%

Extreme Mechanics Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 37-45

  Yang, Shixuan ^a   Ng, Eley ^a   Lu, Nanshu ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Indium Tin Oxide (ITO); Serpentine; Stretchable

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; CERAMIC MATERIALS; FILMS; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SERPENTINE; SILICATE MINERALS; TENSILE TESTING; TIN OXIDES; TOUCH SCREENS;

ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; MECHANICAL INTEGRITY; OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY; SERPENTINE GEOMETRIES; STRETCHABLE; TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAYS;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84933518430     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23524316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eml.2015.01.010     Document Type: Article

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