Flexible Electronics: Stretchable Electrodes and Their Future

Huang, Siya1,2,3; Liu, Yuan4,5; Zhao, Yue3; Ren, Zhifeng4,5; Guo, Chuan Fei2

2019-02

10.1002/adfm.201805924

ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS   Impact Factor & Quartile

1616-301X

1616-3028

Flexible electronics, as an emerging and exciting research field, have brought great interest to the issue of how to make flexible electronic materials that offer both durability and high performance at strained states. With the advent of on-body wearable and implantable electronics, as well as increasing demands for human-friendly intelligent soft robots, enormous effort is being expended on highly flexible functional materials, especially stretchable electrodes, by both the academic and industrial communities. Among different deformation modes, stretchability is the most demanding and challenging. This review focuses on the latest advances in stretchable transparent electrodes based on a new design strategy known as kirigami (the art of paper cutting) and investigates the recent progress on novel applications, including skin-like electronics, implantable biodegradable devices, and bioinspired soft robotics. By comparing the optoelectrical and mechanical properties of different electrode materials, some of the most important outcomes with comments on their merits and demerits are raised. Key design considerations in terms of geometries, substrates, and adhesion are also discussed, offering insights into the universal strategies for engineering stretchable electrodes regardless of the material. It is suggested that highly stretchable and biocompatible electrodes will greatly boost the development of next-generation intelligent life-like electronics.

e-skins flexible electronics kirigami soft robotics stretchable transparent electrodes

SCI ; EI

English

NI Journal Papers ; ESI Highly Cited Papers ; ESI Highly Cited Papers ; ESI Highly Cited Papers ; ESI Highly Cited Papers ; ESI Highly Cited Papers ; ESI Highly Cited Papers ; ESI Highly Cited Papers ; ESI Highly Cited Papers ; ESI Highly Cited Papers ; ESI Highly Cited Papers

First ; Corresponding

Basic Energy Science Program of the U.S. Department of Energy[DE-SC0010831]

Chemistry ; Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Materials Science ; Physics

Chemistry, Multidisciplinary ; Chemistry, Physical ; Nanoscience & Nanotechnology ; Materials Science, Multidisciplinary ; Physics, Applied ; Physics, Condensed Matter

WOS:000458339800024

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH

20184906209153

Biocompatibility ; Functional materials ; Intelligent robots ; Mechanical properties ; Robotics ; Transparent electrodes

Immunology:461.9.1 ; Electronic Equipment, General Purpose and Industrial:715 ; Robotics:731.5 ; Robot Applications:731.6 ; Materials Science:951

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1.Southern Univ Sci & Technol, SUSTech Acad Adv Interdisciplinary Studies, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, Peoples R China
2.Southern Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, Peoples R China
3.Southern Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Phys, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, Peoples R China
4.Univ Houston, Dept Phys, Houston, TX 77204 USA
5.Univ Houston, TcSUH, Houston, TX 77204 USA

Huang, Siya,Liu, Yuan,Zhao, Yue,et al. Flexible Electronics: Stretchable Electrodes and Their Future[J]. ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS,2019,29(6).

Huang, Siya,Liu, Yuan,Zhao, Yue,Ren, Zhifeng,&Guo, Chuan Fei.(2019).Flexible Electronics: Stretchable Electrodes and Their Future.ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS,29(6).

Huang, Siya,et al."Flexible Electronics: Stretchable Electrodes and Their Future".ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS 29.6(2019).