A flexible future for paper-based electronics

Tongfen Liang; Xiyue Zou; Aaron D. Mazzeo

doi:10.1117/12.2224391

17 May 2016 A flexible future for paper-based electronics

Tongfen Liang, Xiyue Zou, Aaron D. Mazzeo

Proceedings Volume 9836, Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications VIII; 98361D (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2224391
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2016, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

This paper will review the origins and state of the art in paper-based electronics, suggesting the stage is set for future promising applications. Current interest in paper-based electronics can trace its roots to recent developments in paper-based microfluidics. With a need to improve the reliability and sensitivity of paperbased microfluidics for certain tasks, there were natural efforts to begin embedding sensing electrodes into microfluidic devices. Recognizing the general benefits of paper as an advanced material (e.g., its environmental friendliness, bendable nature, and low cost), efforts in paper-based electronics also began to take a life of their own with demonstrations of transistors, batteries and devices for energy storage, energy harvesting, sensors to improve situational awareness, acoustics, and displays. The state-of-the-art paper-based electronic devices have benefited and will continue to profit from technologies for printing and transferring electronic functionality onto the surfaces of paper-based substrates. Nonetheless, the authors suggest that many future promising applications will go beyond using paper as a carrier/substrate for electronic components to explore tuning of the electrical, mechanical, and chemical properties of the paper itself. With these technical advances, paper-based electronics will move closer to economically viable killer applications.

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Tongfen Liang, Xiyue Zou, and Aaron D. Mazzeo "A flexible future for paper-based electronics", Proc. SPIE 9836, Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications VIII, 98361D (17 May 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2224391

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