Flexible In-Ga-Zn-O Thin-Film Transistors on Elastomeric Substrate Bent to 2.3% Strain
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2015-08-01
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In this letter, a photolithographic fabrication process is used to manufacture indium-gallium-zinc-oxide thin-film transistors (TFTs) with mobilities > 10 cm ^{2}/Vs directly on a 80 μ m thick polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) substrate. Once the fabrication is completed, the PDMS is detached from a silicon wafer used as carrier substrate. Due to the thermal mismatch between silicon and PDMS, the release results in a reduction of the PDMS area by 7.2%, which leads to the formation of out-of-plane wrinkles on the TFT surface. The reflattening of the wrinkles under tensile strain enables device functionality, while the TFTs are bent up to 2.3% strain. Mechanical stability of the TFTs with our wrinkled approach is shown by electrically characterizing them at bending radii down to 6 mm.
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36 (8)
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781 - 783
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IEEE
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03388 - Tröster, Gerhard (emeritus)