Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Origami silicon optoelectronics for hemispherical electronic eye systems

  • Kan Zhang,
  • Yei Hwan Jung,
  • Solomon Mikael,
  • Jung-Hun Seo,
  • Munho Kim,
  • Hongyi Mi,
  • Han Zhou,
  • Zhenyang Xia,
  • Weidong Zhou,
  • Shaoqin Gong,
  • Zhenqiang Ma

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01926-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Hemispherical format has been adopted in camera systems to better mimic human eyes, yet the current designs rely on complicated fabrications. Here, Zhang et al. show an origami-inspired approach that enables planar silicon-based photodetector arrays to reshape into concave or convex geometries.