皮肤电子产品来自可扩展制造的内在可拉伸晶体管阵列的可扩展制造
Sihong Wang1, Jie Xu1, Weichen Wang2
1Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Nature
|February 22, 2018
概括
研究人员开发了一种可扩展的制造工艺,用于内在可拉伸的聚合物电子. 这一突破使得高密度,类似皮肤的设备能够用于先进的健康监测和人机接口.
科学领域:
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 电子工程 电子工程
- 生物医学工程 生物医学工程
背景情况:
- 类似皮肤的电子产品对于健康监测,医疗植入物和人机接口至关重要.
- 目前的可伸缩电子产品往往需要复杂的制造,并且具有较低的设备密度.
- 本质上可拉伸的聚合物提供了改善舒适度,信号保真度和设备密度的潜力.
研究的目的:
- 开发一种可扩展的制造工艺,用于本质上可拉伸的电子聚合物.
- 为了展示功能性,高密度,内在可拉伸的电子设备.
- 为了克服当前可拉伸电子技术的局限性.
主要方法:
- 开发了一种用于内在可拉伸电子聚合物的新型制造工艺.
- 制造了一种内在可拉伸的聚合物晶体管阵列.
- 在机械应变下特征化晶体管性能.
主要成果:
- 在制造可拉伸电子聚合物时实现了高产量和统一性.
- 展示了前所未有的设备密度,即每平方厘米347个晶体管.
- 晶体管表现出高的电荷载体移动性和稳定性,在100%的应变下持续1000个周期.
结论:
- 开发的制造工艺使得下一代内在可拉伸的皮肤电子产品的创造成为可能.
- 这项技术为可穿戴健康监测和软机器人技术的先进应用铺平了道路.
- 该平台支持各种内在可拉伸的聚合物材料的集成.
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