ACS Appl Mater Interfaces
April 2024
p-type thin-film transistors (pTFTs) have proven to be a significant impediment to advancing electronics beyond traditional Si-based technology. A recent study suggests that a thin and highly crystalline Te layer shows promise as a channel for high-performance pTFTs. However, achieving this still requires specific conditions, such as a cryogenic growth temperature and an extremely thin channel thickness on the order of a few nanometers.
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November 2022
Stretchable electronics have become essential for custom-built electronics, self-assembling robotics, and wearable devices. Although many stretchable electronics contain integrated systems, they still limit bulky connection systems. We introduce a new dual-functioned self-attachable and stretchable interface (SASI), allowing a direct and instant interconnection between rigid and soft electronics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTransistors with inorganic semiconductors have superior performance and reliability compared to organic transistors. However, they are unfavorable for building stretchable electronic products due to their brittle nature. Because of this drawback, they have mostly been placed on non-stretchable parts to avoid mechanical strain, burdening the deformable interconnects, which link these rigid parts, with the strain of the entire system.
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