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Title: | Progress and Prospects in Stretchable Electroluminescent Devices | Authors: | Wang, Jiangxin Lee, Pooi See |
Keywords: | Stretchable Light-emitting device electroluminescent soft electronics displays nanowire stretchable conductors electronic skin |
Issue Date: | 2016 | Source: | Wang, J., & Lee, P. S. (2016). Progress and Prospects in Stretchable Electroluminescent Devices. Nanophotonics, 5, 81-97. | Series/Report no.: | Nanophotonics | Abstract: | Stretchable electroluminescent (EL) devices are a new form of mechanically deformable electronics that are gaining increasing interests and believed to be one of the essential technologies for next generation lighting and display applications. Apart from the simple bending capability in flexible EL devices, the stretchable EL devices are required to withstand larger mechanical deformations and accommodate stretching strain beyond 10%. The excellent mechanical conformability in these devices enables their applications in rigorous mechanical conditions such as flexing, twisting, stretching, and folding.The stretchable EL devices can be conformably wrapped onto arbitrary curvilinear surface and respond seamlessly to the external or internal forces, leading to unprecedented applications that cannot be addressed with conventional technologies. For example, they are in demand for wide applications in biomedical-related devices or sensors and soft interactive display systems, including activating devices for photosensitive drug, imaging apparatus for internal tissues, electronic skins, interactive input and output devices, robotics, and volumetric displays. With increasingly stringent demand on the mechanical requirements, the fabrication of stretchable EL device is encountering many challenges that are difficult to resolve. In this review, recent progresses in the stretchable EL devices are covered with a focus on the approaches that are adopted to tackle materials and process challenges in stretchable EL devices and delineate the strategies in stretchable electronics. We first introduce the emission mechanisms that have been successfully demonstrated on stretchable EL devices. Limitations and advantages of the different mechanisms for stretchable EL devices are also discussed. Representative reports are reviewed based on different structural and material strategies. Unprecedented applications that have been enabled by the stretchable EL devices are reviewed. Finally, we summarize with our perspectives on the approaches for the stretchable EL devices and our proposals on the future development in these devices. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80623 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40622 |
ISSN: | 2192-8606 | DOI: | 10.1515/nanoph-2016-0002 | Schools: | School of Materials Science & Engineering | Rights: | © 2016 Jiangxin Wang and Pooi See Lee, published by De Gruyter Open. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License. | Fulltext Permission: | open | Fulltext Availability: | With Fulltext |
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