title: Intrinsically stretchable and transparent thin-film transistors based on printable silver nanowires, carbon nanotubes and an elastomeric dielectric.
abstract: Thin-film field-effect transistor is a fundamental component behind various mordern electronics. The development of stretchable electronics poses fundamental challenges in developing new electronic materials for stretchable thin-film transistors that are mechanically compliant and solution processable. Here we report the fabrication of transparent thin-film transistors that behave like an elastomer film. The entire fabrication is carried out by solution-based techniques, and the resulting devices exhibit a mobility of ∼30 cm(2) V(-1) s(-1), on/off ratio of 10(3)-10(4), switching current >100 μA, transconductance >50 μS and relative low operating voltages. The devices can be stretched by up to 50% strain and subjected to 500 cycles of repeated stretching to 20% strain without significant loss in electrical property. The thin-film transistors are also used to drive organic light-emitting diodes. The approach and results represent an important progress toward the development of stretchable active-matrix displays.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Sciences and Engineering, Henry Samuli School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.
authors.forename: Jiajie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Sciences and Engineering, Henry Samuli School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Sciences and Engineering, Henry Samuli School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.
authors.forename: Dustin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Sciences and Engineering, Henry Samuli School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.
authors.forename: Tibor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hajagos
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Sciences and Engineering, Henry Samuli School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.
authors.forename: Zhi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Sciences and Engineering, Henry Samuli School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.
authors.forename: Shu-Yu
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Chou
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Sciences and Engineering, Henry Samuli School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Sciences and Engineering, Henry Samuli School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.
authors.forename: Qibing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Pei