Foundry-compatible high-resolution patterning of vertically phase-separated semiconducting films for ultraflexible organic electronics

Binghao Wang; Wei Huang; Sunghoon Lee; Lizhen Huang; Zhi Wang; Yao Chen; Zhihua Chen; Liang-Wen Feng; Gang Wang; Tomoyuki Yokota; Takao Someya; Tobin J. Marks; Antonio Facchetti

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-25059-8

Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

Foundry-compatible high-resolution patterning of vertically phase-separated semiconducting films for ultraflexible organic electronics

Binghao Wang,
Wei Huang,
Sunghoon Lee,
Lizhen Huang,
Zhi Wang,
Yao Chen,
Zhihua Chen,
Liang-Wen Feng,
Gang Wang,
Tomoyuki Yokota,
Takao Someya,
Tobin J. Marks,
Antonio Facchetti

Affiliations

Binghao Wang: Joint International Research Laboratory of Information Display and Visualization, Key Laboratory of MEMS of Ministry of Education, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Southeast University
Wei Huang: Department of Chemistry and the Materials Research Center, Northwestern University
Sunghoon Lee: Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Lizhen Huang: Department of Chemistry and the Materials Research Center, Northwestern University
Zhi Wang: Department of Chemistry and the Materials Research Center, Northwestern University
Yao Chen: Department of Chemistry and the Materials Research Center, Northwestern University
Zhihua Chen: Flexterra Inc.
Liang-Wen Feng: Department of Chemistry and the Materials Research Center, Northwestern University
Gang Wang: Department of Chemistry and the Materials Research Center, Northwestern University
Tomoyuki Yokota: Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Takao Someya: Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Tobin J. Marks: Department of Chemistry and the Materials Research Center, Northwestern University
Antonio Facchetti: Department of Chemistry and the Materials Research Center, Northwestern University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25059-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Though shape-changing devices are promising for future haptic displays, existing designs fail to provide smooth surfaces for the user during tactile exploration. Here, the authors utilize flexible auxetic structures to realize shape displays with smooth surfaces and different Gaussian curvatures.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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