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Tape Transfer Printing of a Liquid Metal Alloy for Stretchable RF Electronics
In order to make conductors with large cross sections for low impedance radio frequency (RF) electronics, while still retaining high stretchability, liquid-alloy-based microfluidic stretchable electronics offers stretchable electronic systems the unique opportunity to combine various sensors on our...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4208177/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25192310 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s140916311 |
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author | Jeong, Seung Hee Hjort, Klas Wu, Zhigang |
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description | In order to make conductors with large cross sections for low impedance radio frequency (RF) electronics, while still retaining high stretchability, liquid-alloy-based microfluidic stretchable electronics offers stretchable electronic systems the unique opportunity to combine various sensors on our bodies or organs with high-quality wireless communication with the external world (devices/systems), without sacrificing enhanced user comfort. This microfluidic approach, based on printed circuit board technology, allows large area processing of large cross section conductors and robust contacts, which can handle a lot of stretching between the embedded rigid active components and the surrounding system. Although it provides such benefits, further development is needed to realize its potential as a high throughput, cost-effective process technology. In this paper, tape transfer printing is proposed to supply a rapid prototyping batch process at low cost, albeit at a low resolution of 150 μm. In particular, isolated patterns can be obtained in a simple one-step process. Finally, a stretchable radio frequency identification (RFID) tag is demonstrated. The measured results show the robustness of the hybrid integrated system when the tag is stretched at 50% for 3000 cycles. |
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spelling | pubmed-42081772014-10-24 Tape Transfer Printing of a Liquid Metal Alloy for Stretchable RF Electronics Jeong, Seung Hee Hjort, Klas Wu, Zhigang Sensors (Basel) Article In order to make conductors with large cross sections for low impedance radio frequency (RF) electronics, while still retaining high stretchability, liquid-alloy-based microfluidic stretchable electronics offers stretchable electronic systems the unique opportunity to combine various sensors on our bodies or organs with high-quality wireless communication with the external world (devices/systems), without sacrificing enhanced user comfort. This microfluidic approach, based on printed circuit board technology, allows large area processing of large cross section conductors and robust contacts, which can handle a lot of stretching between the embedded rigid active components and the surrounding system. Although it provides such benefits, further development is needed to realize its potential as a high throughput, cost-effective process technology. In this paper, tape transfer printing is proposed to supply a rapid prototyping batch process at low cost, albeit at a low resolution of 150 μm. In particular, isolated patterns can be obtained in a simple one-step process. Finally, a stretchable radio frequency identification (RFID) tag is demonstrated. The measured results show the robustness of the hybrid integrated system when the tag is stretched at 50% for 3000 cycles. MDPI 2014-09-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4208177/ /pubmed/25192310 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s140916311 Text en © 2014 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Jeong, Seung Hee Hjort, Klas Wu, Zhigang Tape Transfer Printing of a Liquid Metal Alloy for Stretchable RF Electronics |
title | Tape Transfer Printing of a Liquid Metal Alloy for Stretchable RF Electronics |
title_full | Tape Transfer Printing of a Liquid Metal Alloy for Stretchable RF Electronics |
title_fullStr | Tape Transfer Printing of a Liquid Metal Alloy for Stretchable RF Electronics |
title_full_unstemmed | Tape Transfer Printing of a Liquid Metal Alloy for Stretchable RF Electronics |
title_short | Tape Transfer Printing of a Liquid Metal Alloy for Stretchable RF Electronics |
title_sort | tape transfer printing of a liquid metal alloy for stretchable rf electronics |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4208177/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25192310 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s140916311 |
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