Inorganic semiconducting materials for flexible and stretchable electronics

npj Flexible Electronics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Yu, Ki Jun ^a   Yan, Zheng ^b   Han, Mengdi ^c   Rogers, John A ^d  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Northwestern University   (United States)

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EID: 85088046233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23974621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41528-017-0003-z     Document Type: Review

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