scholarly journals Foldable and washable textile-based OLEDs with a multi-functional near-room-temperature encapsulation layer for smart e-textiles

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
So Yeong Jeong ◽  
Hye Rin Shim ◽  
Yunha Na ◽  
Ki Suk Kang ◽  
Yongmin Jeon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Room Temperature ◽  
Wearable Electronics ◽  
Ambient Conditions ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
Stable Operating ◽  
Mechanical Durability ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Wearable Electronic ◽  
Data Signal ◽  
Wearable Electronic Devices

AbstractWearable electronic devices are being developed because of their wide potential applications and user convenience. Among them, wearable organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) play an important role in visualizing the data signal processed in wearable electronics to humans. In this study, textile-based OLEDs were fabricated and their practical utility was demonstrated. The textile-based OLEDs exhibited a stable operating lifetime under ambient conditions, enough mechanical durability to endure the deformation by the movement of humans, and washability for maintaining its optoelectronic properties even in water condition such as rain, sweat, or washing. In this study, the main technology used to realize this textile-based OLED was multi-functional near-room-temperature encapsulation. The outstanding impermeability of TiO2 film deposited at near-room-temperature was demonstrated. The internal residual stress in the encapsulation layer was controlled, and the device was capped by highly cross-linked hydrophobic polymer film, providing a highly impermeable, mechanically flexible, and waterproof encapsulation.

Stretchable dual cross-linked silicon elastomer with superhydrophobic surface and fast triple self-healing ability at room temperature

Soft Matter ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuxing Shan ◽  
shuai liang ◽  
Xiangkai Mao ◽  
Jie Lu ◽  
Lili Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Superhydrophobic Surface ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Superhydrophobic Surfaces ◽  
Self Healing ◽  
Wearable Electronics ◽  
Actual Application ◽  
Potential Applications

Abstract. Stretchable elastomers with superhydrophobic surfaces have potential applications in wearable electronics. However, various types of damage inevitably occur on these elastomers in actual application, resulting in deterioration of the...

scholarly journals Effect of Microwave Processing and Glass Inclusions on Thermoelectric Properties of P-Type Bismuth Antimony Telluride Alloys for Wearable Applications

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (17) ◽  
pp. 4524
Author(s):  
Amin Nozariasbmarz ◽  
Daryoosh Vashaee
Keyword(s):  
Seebeck Coefficient ◽  
Thermoelectric Materials ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Electronic Devices ◽  
Microwave Processing ◽  
Glass Inclusion ◽  
Wearable Electronic ◽  
P Type ◽  
Wearable Electronic Devices ◽  
Body Heat

Depending on the application of bismuth telluride thermoelectric materials in cooling, waste heat recovery, or wearable electronics, their material properties, and geometrical dimensions should be designed to optimize their performance. Recently, thermoelectric materials have gained a lot of interest in wearable electronic devices for body heat harvesting and cooling purposes. For efficient wearable electronic devices, thermoelectric materials with optimum properties, i.e., low thermal conductivity, high Seebeck coefficient, and high thermoelectric figure-of-merit (zT) at room temperature, are demanded. In this paper, we investigate the effect of glass inclusion, microwave processing, and annealing on the synthesis of high-performance p-type (BixSb1−x)2Te3 nanocomposites, optimized specially for body heat harvesting and body cooling applications. Our results show that glass inclusion could enhance the room temperature Seebeck coefficient by more than 10% while maintaining zT the same. Moreover, the combination of microwave radiation and post-annealing enables a 25% enhancement of zT at room temperature. A thermoelectric generator wristband, made of the developed materials, generates 300 μW power and 323 mV voltage when connected to the human body. Consequently, MW processing provides a new and effective way of synthesizing p-type (BixSb1−x)2Te3 alloys with optimum transport properties.

scholarly journals Room-Temperature Self-Healing Elastomer based on Van der Waals Forces in Air and under Water

2021 ◽  
Vol 2083 (2) ◽  
pp. 022066
Author(s):  
Pengying Niu ◽  
Beibei Liu ◽  
Huanjun Li
Keyword(s):  
Room Temperature ◽  
Van Der Waals ◽  
Strong Acid ◽  
Van Der Waals Forces ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Healing ◽  
Wearable Electronic ◽  
Self Repair ◽  
High Humidity Environment ◽  
Wearable Electronic Devices

Abstract With the development of flexible wearable electronic devices, researches on self-healing conductive materials have become prevalent. However, the self-healing performance of most conductive self-healing materials is commonly achieved by the external stimulus that may cause damage to the equipment. Pparticularly, these self-healing materials may lose the self-healing properties when exposed to a high-humidity environment. Here, we adopted two hydrophobic monomers (2-methoxyethyl acrylate and ethyl methacrylate) to obtain a self-healing elastomer that could display self-healing properties in air or under water though van der Waals forces. The quality and mechanical properties of the elastomer material could keep stable after stored under water for half a month. This elastomer material was capable of self-healing in different environments with self-repair efficiencies more than 50% in deionized water, strong acid solution and strong alkaline solution. The self-repair efficiencies were up to 77% at room temperature(T=25°C) and 64% at low temperature (T=-20°C) in air.

scholarly journals Fabrication of circuits by multi-nozzle electrohydrodynamic inkjet printing for soft wearable electronics

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arshad Khan ◽  
Khalid Rahman ◽  
Shawkat Ali ◽  
Saleem Khan ◽  
Bo Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Inkjet Printing ◽  
Mechanical Stability ◽  
Thermoplastic Polyurethane ◽  
Electronic Devices ◽  
Human Motion ◽  
Wearable Electronics ◽  
Counter Electrodes ◽  
Electric Circuits ◽  
Wearable Electronic ◽  
Wearable Electronic Devices

Abstract Wearable electronic devices are evolving from current rigid configurations to flexible and ultimately stretchable structures. These emerging systems require soft circuits for connecting the various working units of the overall system. This paper presents fabrication of soft circuits by electrohydrodynamic (EHD) inkjet-printing technique. Multi-nozzle EHD printing head is employed for rapid fabrication of electric circuits on a wide set of materials, including glass substrate (rigid), flexible polyethylene terephthalate (PET) films, and stretchable thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) films. To avoid the effects of substrate materials on the jettability, the proposed multi-nozzle head is equipped with integrated individual counter electrodes (electrodes are placed above the printing substrate). High-resolution circuits (50 ± 5 µm) with high electrical conductivity (0.6 Ω □−1) on soft substrate materials validate our well-controlled multi-nozzle EHD printing approach. The produced circuits showed excellent flexibility (bending radius ≈ 5 mm radius), high stretchability (strain ≈ 100%), and long-term mechanical stability (500 cycles at 30% strain). The concept is further demonstrated with a soft strain sensor based on a multi-nozzle EHD-printed circuit, employed for monitoring the human motion (finger bending), indicating the potential applications of these circuits in soft wearable electronic devices. Graphic Abstract

Inkjet printing wearable electronic devices

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
pp. 2971-2993 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meng Gao ◽  
Lihong Li ◽  
Yanlin Song
Keyword(s):  
Inkjet Printing ◽  
Electronic Devices ◽  
Wearable Electronics ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
Wearable Electronic ◽  
Wearable Electronic Devices

In this review, the recent advances in inks, strategies, and the applications of inkjet-printed wearable electronics have been summarized.

Vapor Phase Polymerized Conducting Polymer/MXene Textiles for Wearable Electronics

Nanoscale ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xianhong Zheng ◽  
Jiakun Shen ◽  
Qiaole Hu ◽  
wenqi nie ◽  
Zongqian Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Conducting Polymer ◽  
Vapor Phase ◽  
Wearable Electronics ◽  
Electronic Textiles ◽  
Intrinsic Properties ◽  
Multiple Functions ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Wearable Electronic

Multifunctional electronic textiles hold great potential applications in wearable electronic fields. However, it remains challenging to seamlessly integrate the multiple functions on the textiles substrates without sacrificing their intrinsic properties....

scholarly journals Transparent Conductive Electrodes Based on Graphene-Related Materials

Micromachines ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun Woo
Keyword(s):  
Indium Tin Oxide ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Chemical Vapor ◽  
Hybrid Structure ◽  
Metal Nanowires ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
Display Technology ◽  
Wearable Electronic ◽  
Transparent Conducting Electrodes ◽  
Wearable Electronic Devices

Transparent conducting electrodes (TCEs) are the most important key component in photovoltaic and display technology. In particular, graphene has been considered as a viable substitute for indium tin oxide (ITO) due to its optical transparency, excellent electrical conductivity, and chemical stability. The outstanding mechanical strength of graphene also provides an opportunity to apply it as a flexible electrode in wearable electronic devices. At the early stage of the development, TCE films that were produced only with graphene or graphene oxide (GO) were mainly reported. However, since then, the hybrid structure of graphene or GO mixed with other TCE materials has been investigated to further improve TCE performance by complementing the shortcomings of each material. This review provides a summary of the fabrication technology and the performance of various TCE films prepared with graphene-related materials, including graphene that is grown by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and GO or reduced GO (rGO) dispersed solution and their composite with other TCE materials, such as carbon nanotubes, metal nanowires, and other conductive organic/inorganic material. Finally, several representative applications of the graphene-based TCE films are introduced, including solar cells, organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), and electrochromic devices.

scholarly journals Polycarbazole and Its Derivatives: Synthesis and Applications. A Review of the Last 10 Years

Polymers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 2227
Author(s):  
Fadila Bekkar ◽  
Faiza Bettahar ◽  
Isabel Moreno ◽  
Rachid Meghabar ◽  
Mohammed Hamadouche ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Driving Force ◽  
Conductive Polymers ◽  
Electrochemical Polymerization ◽  
Electronic Devices ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
Wearable Electronic ◽  
Synthetic Routes ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Synthetic Methodologies ◽  
Wearable Electronic Devices

Polycarbazole and its derivatives have been extensively used for the last three decades, although the interest in these materials briefly decreased. However, the increasing demand for conductive polymers for several applications such as light emitting diodes (OLEDs), capacitators or memory devices, among others, has renewed the interest in carbazole-based materials. In this review, the synthetic routes used for the development of carbazole-based polymers have been summarized, reviewing the main synthetic methodologies, namely chemical and electrochemical polymerization. In addition, the applications reported in the last decade for carbazole derivatives are analysed. The emergence of flexible and wearable electronic devices as a part of the internet of the things could be an important driving force to renew the interest on carbazole-based materials, being conductive polymers capable to respond adequately to requirement of these devices.

scholarly journals Thermochemically Stable Liquid-Crystalline Gold(I) Complexes Showing Enhanced Room Temperature Phosphorescence

Crystals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuki Kuroda ◽  
Shin-ya Nakamura ◽  
Katam Srinivas ◽  
Arruri Sathyanarayana ◽  
Ganesan Prabusankar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Yield ◽  
Rational Design ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Decomposition Temperature ◽  
Ambient Conditions ◽  
Room Temperature Phosphorescence ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
Phosphorescence Quantum Yield ◽  
Thermochemical Stability

Gold(I) complexes are some of the most attractive materials for generating aggregation-induced emission (AIE), enabling the realization of novel light-emitting applications such as chemo-sensors, bio-sensors, cell imaging, and organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). In this study, we propose a rational design of luminescent gold complexes to achieve both high thermochemical stability and intense room temperature phosphorescence, which are desirable features in practical luminescent applications. Here, a series of gold(I) complexes with ligands of N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) derivatives and/or acetylide were synthesized. Detailed characterization revealed that the incorporation of NHC ligands could increase the molecular thermochemical stability, as the decomposition temperature was increased to ~300 °C. We demonstrate that incorporation of both NHC and acetylide ligands enables us to generate gold(I) complexes exhibiting both high thermochemical stability and high room-temperature phosphorescence quantum yield (>40%) under ambient conditions. Furthermore, we modified the length of alkoxy chains at ligands, and succeeded in synthesizing a liquid crystalline gold(I) complex while maintaining the relatively high thermochemical stability and quantum yield.

scholarly journals Novel 2D CaCl crystals with metallicity, room-temperature ferromagnetism, heterojunction, piezoelectricity-like property, and monovalent calcium ions

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Zhang ◽  
Guosheng Shi ◽  
Bingquan Peng ◽  
Pengfei Gao ◽  
Liang Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Storage ◽  
Calcium Ions ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Room Temperature Ferromagnetism ◽  
Atomic Scale ◽  
Ambient Conditions ◽  
Magnetic Devices ◽  
Reduced Graphene ◽  
Potential Applications

Abstract Under ambient conditions, the only known valence state of calcium ions is + 2, and the corresponding crystals with calcium ions are insulating and nonferromagnetic. Here, using cryo-electron microscopy, we report the direct observation of two-dimensional (2D) CaCl crystals on reduced graphene oxide (rGO) membranes, in which the calcium ions are only monovalent (i.e. +1). Remarkably, metallic rather than insulating properties are displayed by those CaCl crystals. More interestingly, room-temperature ferromagnetism, graphene–CaCl heterojunction, coexistence of piezoelectricity-like property and metallicity, as well as the distinct hydrogen storage and release capability of the CaCl crystals in rGO membranes are experimentally demonstrated. We note that such CaCl crystals are obtained by simply incubating rGO membranes in salt solutions below the saturated concentration, under ambient conditions. Theoretical studies suggest that the formation of those abnormal crystals is attributed to the strong cation–π interactions of the Ca cations with the aromatic rings in the graphene surfaces. Those findings show the realistically potential applications of such abnormal CaCl material with unusual electronic properties in designing novel transistors and magnetic devices, hydrogen storage, catalyzer, high-performance conducting electrodes and sensors, with a size down to atomic scale.

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