title: Mechanics and thermal management of stretchable inorganic electronics.
abstract: Stretchable electronics enables lots of novel applications ranging from wearable electronics, curvilinear electronics to bio-integrated therapeutic devices that are not possible through conventional electronics that is rigid and flat in nature. One effective strategy to realize stretchable electronics exploits the design of inorganic semiconductor material in a stretchable format on an elastomeric substrate. In this review, we summarize the advances in mechanics and thermal management of stretchable electronics based on inorganic semiconductor materials. The mechanics and thermal models are very helpful in understanding the underlying physics associated with these systems, and they also provide design guidelines for the development of stretchable inorganic electronics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Engineering Mechanics and Soft Matter Research Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors.forename: Jizhou
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Applied Mechanics, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; Center for Mechanics and Materials, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
authors.forename: Xue
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Center for Engineering and Health, and Skin Disease Research Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
authors.forename: Yonggang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
keywords: buckling; inorganic semiconductor material; stretchable electronics; thin film