Bionic skins using flexible organic devices

Author

Someya, Takao ; Sekitani, Tsuyoshi

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng. & Inf. Syst., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

fYear

2014

fDate

26-30 Jan. 2014

Firstpage

68

Lastpage

71

Abstract

We have fabricated ultrathin, ultra-lightweight, ultraflexible, organic devices, such as organic thin-film transistors (TFTs), organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells, and organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) on polymeric films with the thickness of only 1 μm. The ultrathin organic devices are utilized to fabricate human-machine interfaces such as a touch sensor and wearable electronic systems such as an electromyogram measurement sheet with a two-dimensional array of organic amplifiers. The transistor films exhibit extraordinarily tough mechanical robustness such as minimum bending radius of 5 μm for organic TFTs.

Keywords

bending; biomedical electronics; body sensor networks; electromyography; medical computing; organic light emitting diodes; photovoltaic cells; polymer films; skin; tactile sensors; thin film transistors; user interfaces; OLED; OPV; bionic skins; electromyogram measurement sheet; human-machine interfaces; minimum bending radius; organic TFT; organic amplifiers; organic light-emitting diodes; organic photovoltaic cells; organic thin-film transistors; polymeric films; radius 5 mum; size 1 mum; touch sensor; tough mechanical robustness; two-dimensional array; ultraflexible organic devices; ultralightweight organic devices; ultrathin organic devices; wearable electronic systems; Arrays; Films; Organic light emitting diodes; Polymers; Sensors; Thin film transistors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), 2014 IEEE 27th International Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MEMSYS.2014.6765575

Filename

6765575