Nano-accordions stretch the boundaries for flexible electronics

Written by Suzanne Howson for Chemistry World

Scientists in the US have unveiled a conductive and transparent material that also stretches, thanks to its corrugated design. The material’s nano-accordion arrangement demonstrates how microstructure can significantly affect macroproperties, and could find use in flexible electronics, stretchable displays and wearable technologies.

Flexible products are becoming more desirable as smart technologies improve and develop. Many previously discovered conductive materials are opaque and cannot be stretched due to their planar structures. Finding materials that are conductive, stretchable and transparent is therefore of utmost importance to allow these technologies to advance.

Interested? Read the full story at Chemistry World.

Aluminium-doped zinc oxide is conductive, transparent and bendy when it has a corrugated structure

Aluminium-doped zinc oxide is conductive, transparent and bendy when it has a corrugated structure

 The original article can be read below:

Multifunctional nano-accordion structures for stretchable transparent conductors
Abhijeet Bagal, Erinn C. Dandley, Junjie Zhao, Xu A. Zhang, Christopher J. Oldham, Gregory N. Parsons and Chih-Hao Chang
Mater. Horiz., 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5MH00070J

Digg This
Reddit This
Stumble Now!
Share on Facebook
Bookmark this on Delicious
Share on LinkedIn
Bookmark this on Technorati
Post on Twitter
Google Buzz (aka. Google Reader)