title: Nanoscale Electrodes for Flexible Electronics by Swelling Controlled Cracking.
abstract: Nanogap electrodes are realized using pre-patterned electrodes and a swelling controlled cracking method. Parallel fabrication of nanogap electrodes on flexible substrates can be achieved using this method. This swelling-controlled cracking method is promising for fabricating high-performance flexible electronics. UV photodetectors with ZnO nanoparticle-bridged nanogap electrodes exhibit high responsivity and external quantum efficiency.
authors.affiliation: Micro-/Nano-technology Research Center, State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 28 West Xianning Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Micro-/Nano-technology Research Center, State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 28 West Xianning Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Wenjun
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Micro-/Nano-technology Research Center, State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 28 West Xianning Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Jinyou
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.affiliation: Micro-/Nano-technology Research Center, State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 28 West Xianning Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Xiangming
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Micro-/Nano-technology Research Center, State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 28 West Xianning Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Hongmiao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.affiliation: Micro-/Nano-technology Research Center, State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 28 West Xianning Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Micro-/Nano-technology Research Center, State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 28 West Xianning Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Xuesong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Mei
authors.affiliation: Micro-/Nano-technology Research Center, State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 28 West Xianning Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yucheng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.affiliation: Micro-/Nano-technology Research Center, State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 28 West Xianning Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Bingheng
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lu
keywords: UV photodetectors; ZnO nanoparticles; flexible electronics; nanogap electrodes