A Review of the Progress of Thin-Film Transistors and Their Technologies for Flexible Electronics
Flexible electronics enable various technologies to be integrated into daily life and fuel the quests to develop revolutionary applications, such as artificial skins, intelligent textiles, e-skin patches, and on-skin displays. Mechanical characteristics, including the total thickness and the bending...
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| author | Mohammad Javad Mirshojaeian Hosseini Robert A. Nawrocki |
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| description | Flexible electronics enable various technologies to be integrated into daily life and fuel the quests to develop revolutionary applications, such as artificial skins, intelligent textiles, e-skin patches, and on-skin displays. Mechanical characteristics, including the total thickness and the bending radius, are of paramount importance for physically flexible electronics. However, the limitation regarding semiconductor fabrication challenges the mechanical flexibility of thin-film electronics. Thin-Film Transistors (TFTs) are a key component in thin-film electronics that restrict the flexibility of thin-film systems. Here, we provide a brief overview of the trends of the last three decades in the physical flexibility of various semiconducting technologies, including amorphous-silicon, polycrystalline silicon, oxides, carbon nanotubes, and organics. The study demonstrates the trends of the mechanical properties, including the total thickness and the bending radius, and provides a vision for the future of flexible TFTs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0440892eccb442059a4a6200ffab68012023-11-21T22:36:32ZengMDPI AGMicromachines2072-666X2021-06-0112665510.3390/mi12060655A Review of the Progress of Thin-Film Transistors and Their Technologies for Flexible ElectronicsMohammad Javad Mirshojaeian Hosseini0Robert A. Nawrocki1School of Engineering Technology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USASchool of Engineering Technology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USAFlexible electronics enable various technologies to be integrated into daily life and fuel the quests to develop revolutionary applications, such as artificial skins, intelligent textiles, e-skin patches, and on-skin displays. Mechanical characteristics, including the total thickness and the bending radius, are of paramount importance for physically flexible electronics. However, the limitation regarding semiconductor fabrication challenges the mechanical flexibility of thin-film electronics. Thin-Film Transistors (TFTs) are a key component in thin-film electronics that restrict the flexibility of thin-film systems. Here, we provide a brief overview of the trends of the last three decades in the physical flexibility of various semiconducting technologies, including amorphous-silicon, polycrystalline silicon, oxides, carbon nanotubes, and organics. The study demonstrates the trends of the mechanical properties, including the total thickness and the bending radius, and provides a vision for the future of flexible TFTs.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/12/6/655TFTflexible TFTtotal thicknessbending radius (radii)oxidesamorphous Silicon (a-Si) |
| spellingShingle | Mohammad Javad Mirshojaeian Hosseini Robert A. Nawrocki A Review of the Progress of Thin-Film Transistors and Their Technologies for Flexible Electronics Micromachines TFT flexible TFT total thickness bending radius (radii) oxides amorphous Silicon (a-Si) |
| title | A Review of the Progress of Thin-Film Transistors and Their Technologies for Flexible Electronics |
| title_full | A Review of the Progress of Thin-Film Transistors and Their Technologies for Flexible Electronics |
| title_fullStr | A Review of the Progress of Thin-Film Transistors and Their Technologies for Flexible Electronics |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Review of the Progress of Thin-Film Transistors and Their Technologies for Flexible Electronics |
| title_short | A Review of the Progress of Thin-Film Transistors and Their Technologies for Flexible Electronics |
| title_sort | review of the progress of thin film transistors and their technologies for flexible electronics |
| topic | TFT flexible TFT total thickness bending radius (radii) oxides amorphous Silicon (a-Si) |
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