简介:Transientelectronicsareanemergingclassofelectronicswiththeuniquecharacteristictocompletelydissolvewithinaprogrammedperiodoftime.Sincenoharmfulbyproductsarereleased,theseelectronicscanbeusedinthehumanbodyasadiagnostictool,forinstance,ortheycanbeusedasenvironmentallyfriendlyalternativestoexistingelectronicswhichdisintegratewhenexposedtowater.Thus,themostcrucialaspectoftransientelectronicsistheirabilitytodisintegrateinapracticalmannerandareviewoftheliteratureonthistopicisessentialforunderstandingthecurrentcapabilitiesoftransientelectronicsandareasoffutureresearch.Inthepast,onlypartialdissolutionoftransientelectronicswaspossible,however,totaldissolutionhasbeenachievedwitharecentdiscoverythatsiliconnanomembraneundergoeshydrolysis.Theuseofsingle-andmulti-layeredstructureshasalsobeenexploredasawaytoextendthelifetimeoftheelectronics.Analyticalmodelshavebeendevelopedtostudythedissolutionofvariousfunctionalmaterialsaswellasthedevicesconstructedfromthissetoffunctionalmaterialsandthesemodelsprovetobeusefulinthedesignofthetransientelectronics.
简介:Conventionalelectronicsisplanar,hard,andrigidduetotheintrinsicbrittlenatureofinorganicsemiconductormaterials(e.g.,siliconandgalliumarsenide).Themodernelectronictechnologyhastypicallybeenconcernedwithlargeorsmallbutdurableandlong-lastingelectronics.Recentlydevelopedmaterialsandmechanicsconceptsyieldunconventionalelectronicswithunique
简介:Stretchableelectronics,whichofferstheperformanceofconventionalwafer-baseddevicesandmechanicalpropertiesofarubberband,enablesmanynovelapplicationsthatarenotpossiblethroughconventionalelectronicsduetoitsbrittlenature.Oneeffectivestrategytorealizestretchableelectronicsistodesigntheinorganicsemiconductormaterialinastretchableformatonacompliantelastomericsubstrate.Engineeringthermalmanagementisessentialforthedevelopmentofstretchableelectronicstoavoidadversethermaleffectsonitsperformanceaswellasinapplicationsinvolvinghumanbodyandbiologicaltissueswhereeven1–2°Ctemperatureincreaseisnotallowed.Thisarticlereviewstherecentadvancesinthermalmanagementofstretchableinorganicelectronicswithfocusesonthethermalmodelsandtheircomparisonstoexperimentsandfiniteelementsimulations.
简介:Stretchable/flexibleelectronicshasattractedgreatinterestandattentionduetoitspotentiallybroadapplicationsinbio-compatiblesystems.Oneclassoftheseultra-thinelectronicsystemshasfoundpromisingandimportantutilitiesinbio-integratedmonitoringandtherapeuticdevices.Thesedevicescanconformtothesurfacesofsoftbio-tissuessuchastheepidermis,theepicardium,andthebraintoprovideportablehealthcarefunctionalities.Uponcontractionsofthesofttissues,theelectronicsundergoescompressionandbucklesintovariousmodes,dependingonthestiffnessofthetissueandthestrengthoftheinterfacialadhesion.Thesebucklingmodesresultindifferentkindsofinterfacialdelaminationandshapesofthedeformedelectronics,whichareveryimportanttotheproperfunctioningofthebioelectronicdevices.Inthispaper,detailedbucklingmechanicsofthesethin-filmelectronicsonelastomericsubstratesisstudied.Theanalyticalresults,validatedbyexperiments,provideaveryconvenienttoolforpredictingpeakstrainintheelectronicsandtheintactnessoftheinterfaceundervariousconditions.