Flexible Electrodes and Methods of Manufacturing
This invention is a method of fabricating flexible transparent electrodes consisting of gold, silver or copper metallic nanostructures. This method results in formation of flexible electrodes with in-plane sinusoidal wavy nanowire network structure with enhanced tensile and optical properties.
Applications
- Wearable devices
- Flexible optoelectronics
- Epidermal electronics
- Bio-integrated medical devices
Problems Addressed
- Traditional transparent electrodes are made of indium tin oxide thin films which are brittle with poor flexibility
- Newer materials like graphene, carbon nanotube films and metallic materials have limited optical transmittance
Competitive Advantages
- High stretchability up to 3X original length
- High performance in cyclic stretching (100% strain and 100,000 cycles)
Patents
- Provisional patent application filed
Case ID
2017-043
Inventor
Zhifeng Ren
M.D. Anderson Chair Professor of Physics
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