title: Moving beyond flexible to stretchable conductive electrodes using metal nanowires and graphenes.
abstract: Stretchable and/or flexible electrodes and their associated electronic devices have attracted great interest because of their possible applications in high-end technologies such as lightweight, large area, wearable, and biointegrated devices. In particular, metal nanowires and graphene derivatives are chosen for electrodes because they show low resistance and high mechanical stability. Here, we review stretchable and flexible soft electrodes by discussing in depth the intrinsic properties of metal NWs and graphenes that are driven by their dimensionality. We investigate these properties with respect to electronics, optics, and mechanics from a chemistry perspective and discuss currently unsolved issues, such as how to maintain high conductivity and simultaneous high mechanical stability. Possible applications of stretchable and/or flexible electrodes using these nanodimensional materials are summarized at the end of this review.
authors.affiliation: Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), and Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Korea. hyoyoung@skku.edu.
authors.forename: Hanleem
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Korea.
authors.forename: Ikjoon
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Korea.
authors.forename: Meeree
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), and Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Korea. hyoyoung@skku.edu and Department of Chemistry, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyoyoung
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lee