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Screen-Printing Fabrication and Characterization of Stretchable Electronics.

ABSTRACT: This article focuses on the fabrication and characterization of stretchable interconnects for wearable electronics applications. Interconnects were screen-printed with a stretchable silver-polymer composite ink on 50-?m thick thermoplastic polyurethane. The initial sheet resistances of the manufactured interconnects were an average of 36.2?m?/?, and half the manufactured samples withstood single strains of up to 74%. The strain proportionality of resistance is discussed, and a regression model is introduced. Cycling strain increased resistance. However, the resistances here were almost fully reversible, and this recovery was time-dependent. Normalized resistances to 10%, 15%, and 20% cyclic strains stabilized at 1.3, 1.4, and 1.7. We also tested the validity of our model for radio-frequency applications through characterization of a stretchable radio-frequency identification tag.

SUBMITTER: Suikkola J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4865752 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Screen-Printing Fabrication and Characterization of Stretchable Electronics.

Suikkola Jari J Björninen Toni T Mosallaei Mahmoud M Kankkunen Timo T Iso-Ketola Pekka P Ukkonen Leena L Vanhala Jukka J Mäntysalo Matti M

Scientific reports 20160513

This article focuses on the fabrication and characterization of stretchable interconnects for wearable electronics applications. Interconnects were screen-printed with a stretchable silver-polymer composite ink on 50-μm thick thermoplastic polyurethane. The initial sheet resistances of the manufactured interconnects were an average of 36.2 mΩ/◽, and half the manufactured samples withstood single strains of up to 74%. The strain proportionality of resistance is discussed, and a regression model i ...[more]

PMID: 27173424

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