A graphene meta-interface for enhancing the stretchability of brittle oxide layers

Oxide materials have recently attracted much research attention for applications in flexible and stretchable electronics due to their excellent electrical properties and their compatibility with established silicon semiconductor processes. Their widespread uptake has been hindered, however, by the i...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nanoscale 2016-03, Vol.8 (9), p.4961-4968
Hauptverfasser: Won, Sejeong, Jang, Jae-Won, Choi, Hyung-Jin, Kim, Chang-Hyun, Lee, Sang Bong, Hwangbo, Yun, Kim, Kwang-Seop, Yoon, Soon-Gil, Lee, Hak-Joo, Kim, Jae-Hyun, Lee, Soon-Bok
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Zusammenfassung:Oxide materials have recently attracted much research attention for applications in flexible and stretchable electronics due to their excellent electrical properties and their compatibility with established silicon semiconductor processes. Their widespread uptake has been hindered, however, by the intrinsic brittleness and low stretchability. Here we investigate the use of a graphene meta-interface to enhance the electromechanical stretchability of fragile oxide layers. Electromechanical tensile tests of indium tin oxide (ITO) layers on polymer substrates were carried out with in situ observations using an optical microscope. It was found that the graphene meta-interface reduced the strain transfer between the ITO layer and the substrate, and this behavior was well described using a shear lag model. The graphene meta-interface provides a novel pathway for realizing flexible and stretchable electronic applications based on oxide layers. The electromechanical stretchability of brittle oxide layers on polymeric films was enhanced by introducing a graphene meta-interface to reduce the strain transferred from the polymeric film to the oxide.
ISSN:2040-3364
2040-3372
DOI:10.1039/c5nr05412e