Advances in Flexible and Printed Electronics: Materials, fabrication, and applications

by Shanmuga Sundar Dhanabalan (Editor), Arun Thirumurugan (Editor)

Overview

Until recently, flexible and printed electronics were never able to compete with the efficiency and performance of conventional electronics. Thanks to recent advancements, product designers are now able to utilize flexible and printed electronics without sacrificing performance. Manufacturers are able make products smaller, lighter, more compact, accessible, and cost-effective to produce. Applications for flexible and printed electronics include OLEDs, illumination, next-generation vehicles, wearable antennas, smart clothing, 3-D electronics, and next-generation vehicles.

Key Features:

• Includes the most novel materials including Transparent conductive oxide, the most relevant layer in OLEDs.
• Covers the latest technologies used for fabrication.
• Includes a broad overview of current applications such as OLEDS, Displays, illumination, Photovoltaics, printed radio frequency identification tags, and printed circuit boards.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780750354929
Publisher:	Institute of Physics Publishing
Publication date:	12/28/2023
Series:	IOP ebooks
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	600
File size:	13 MB
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About the Author

Dr. Shanmuga Sundar Dhanabalan is an accomplished researcher with a proven track record in designing, developing, and translating micro- and nano-scale devices. His primary objective is to create next-generation products that enhance quality of life and well-being, making a significant contribution to society. He currently leading a team ‘Wearable and Connected Sensors - Functional Materials and Microsystems research group’ at RMIT University, with a focus on materials, flexible and stretchable devices, wearables, optics, and photonics. He graduated with a PhD in flexible electronics and secured a competitive postdoctoral fellowship from the Chilean government from 2018 to 2021. His studies have led to publications in referred international journals, book chapters, and books in progress as editor. He has presented plenary/keynote, invited talks and guest lectures, oral and poster presentations at scientific meeting at various universities world-wide. Several outcomes have been highlighted by scientific websites (such as Photonics Media, USA). His research work has led to securing grants from Australian government research schemes, such as the Cooperative Research Centres Projects, the ARC Research Hub for Connected Sensors for Health, Victorian Medical Research Acceleration Fund, and the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre's Commercialisation Fund.

He has collaborations with universities from various countries, including India, Australia, Chile, Mexico, and Bangladesh. He has served as a reviewer for over 20 prestigious specialist journals. He also served as a topical editor for highly reputed journals including IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine, IEEE, Energies, Computer and Electrical Engineering. He is a part of the Editorial Board of American Journal of Optics and Photonics. In addition, he served as a session chair and technical committee member in various international conferences.

Dr. Arun Thirumurugan is an assistant professor at the University of Atacama, Sede Vallenar, Vallenar, Chile. He has completed his PhD (2010-2015) from the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Tiruchirappalli, India. He has worked as a postdoctoral fellow (2015-2017) at the Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar, India, and then worked as a FONDECYT postdoctoral fellow (2017-2020) at the University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. His research interests are in synthesizing and surface modification of nanomaterials for the potential applications in energy and environmental applications.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction of flexible and printed electronics
2. Current progress on flexible and printed electronics
3. Current progress on printing technologies
4. Transparent conductive oxides for flexible optoelectronics
5. Organic materials for flexible and printed electronics
6. Flexible Thin films for electronics and optoelectronics
7. Polymeric materials based printed and flexible electronics
8. Surface modification techniques for printed electronics
9. Lithographic techniques for flexible and printed electronics
10. Progress on flexible materials for OLEDs and display devices
11. Flexible and printed electronics for photovoltaics
12. Flexible and printed technology for energy storage device
13. Flexible electronics and printing technology for defense applications
14. Future trends for flexible and printed electronics