Flexible Electronics : Materials and Applications

William S Wong

ISBN 10: 0387743626 / ISBN 13: 9780387743622

Editore: Springer Us Apr 2009, 2009

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Neuware - Flexible-electronics is rapidly finding many main-stream applications where low-cost, ruggedness, light weight, unconventional form factors and ease of manufacturability are just some of the important advantages over their conventional rigid-substrate counterparts. Flexible Electronics: Materials and Applications surveys the materials systems and processes that are used to fabricate devices that can be employed in a wide variety of applications, including flexible flat-panel displays, medical image sensors, photovoltaics, and electronic paper. Materials discussed range from polymeric semiconductors to nanotube transparent conductors, highlighting the important characteristics of each system and their target applications. An overview of the performance benchmarks for the different materials is given in order to allow a direct comparison of these different technologies. Furthermore, the devices and processes most suitable for given applications in flexible electronics are identified. Topics covered include:An overview and history of flexible electronicsNovel materials for solution-processable thin-film electronic devices and their propertiesLow-temperature processing of conventional materials and devices on plastic foils Novel techniques, such as printing and roll-to-roll processing, for large-area flexible electronics manufacturingMaterials and device physics relevant to flexible electronicsDevice integration on flexible substratesMechanical and electronic characteristics for thin-film transistors and nano-scale transparent conductors on flexible platformsApplications towards flexible displays, sensors, actuators, solar energy, radio-frequency identification, and micro-electro-mechanical systemsWritten by leading researchers in the field, Flexible Electronics: Materials and Applications serves as a reference for researchers, engineers, and students interested in the characteristics, capabilities, and limitations of these exciting materials and emerging applications.

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• Titolo: Flexible Electronics : Materials and Applications
• Editore: Springer Us Apr 2009
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0387743626
• ISBN 13: 9780387743622
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Condizione: Neu

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Riassunto

This excellent volume covers a range of materials used for flexible electronics, including semiconductors, dielectrics, and metals. The functional integration of these different materials is treated as well. Fundamental issues for both organic and inorganic materials systems are included. A corresponding overview of technological applications, based on each materials system, is presented to give both the non-specialist and the researcher in the field relevant information on the status of the flexible electronics area.

Informazioni sull?autore

William Wong received his B.S. from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1990, his M.S. from the University of California, San Diego, in 1995 and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1999.  He was an associated research engineer for Siemens Solar Industries in Camarillo, CA, form 1990-1992. Since 2000, he has been a senior member of the research staff at the Palo Alto Research Center.

Alberto Salleo received his physics degree in 1994 from Ecole Polytechnique in France; his M.S. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1998; and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2001.  He has held several positions such as visiting scholar and graduate student researcher and currently is a researcher in the Electronic  Materials Laboratory at the Palo Alto Research Center. In January, 2006, he will become an Assistant Professor for the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford University.