Active devices based on organic semiconductors for wearable applications.
Plastic electronics is an enabling technology for obtaining active (transistor based) electronic circuits on flexible and/or nonplanar surfaces. For these reasons, it appears as a perfect candidate to promote future developments of wearable electronics toward the concept of fabrics and garments made by functional (in this case, active electronic) yarns. In this paper, a panoramic view of recent achievements and future perspectives is given.
Barbaro
Massimo
M
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Cagliari, Cagliari 09123, Italy. barbaro@diee.unica.it
Caboni
Alessandra
A
Cosseddu
Piero
P
Mattana
Giorgio
G
Bonfiglio
Annalisa
A
D003020:Clothing; D004582:Electronics, Medical; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012666:Semiconductors; D013784:Textiles