Advanced Polymer Materials for Stretchable Electronics
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "D：Materials and Processing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2022) | Viewed by 2947
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear colleagues,
Electronic skins are emerging technologies that based on stretchable electronics and related integrated circuits. They have great potential in a broad range of applications such as prosthetics, artificial intelligence, soft robotics and health monitoring. In the development of stretchable electronics, polymeric materials have played important roles due to their intrinsic flexibility, which can help devices to dissipate externally applied strain, and maintain the performance during deformation. Moreover, their electrical and mechanical properties, which are critical to stretchable electronics, could be further improved through chemical modification or physical blend. The advancement of polymers can promote the fields, evolve the stretchable devices, make electronic skin more like human skin. Accordingly, this Special Issue seeks to showcase research papers, communications, and review articles that focus on polymeric materials used in stretchable electronics. The scope covers all the relevant topics, including:
- Advanced polymers for the applications of stretchable transistors, memories, and smart displays.
- Advanced polymers for stretchable energy storage applications, deformable solar cells, supercapacitors, and batteries.
- Advanced polymers for stretchable sensor developments, pressure sensors, temperature sensors, photo sensors, and chemical sensors.
- Advanced polymers for stretchable bioelectronics, human–machine interface, implantable devices, and health care systems.
Dr. Chien-Chung Shih
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- stretchable polymers
- stretchable transistors
- stretchable memories
- smart displays
- stretchable energy storage devices
- stretchable sensors
