Xiaodan Gu

TL;DR: A design concept for stretchable semiconducting polymers, which involves introducing chemical moieties to promote dynamic non-covalent crosslinking of the conjugated polymers that is able to undergo an energy dissipation mechanism through breakage of bonds when strain is applied, while retaining high charge transport abilities is presented.

TL;DR: The increased polymer chain dynamics under nanoconfinement significantly reduces the modulus of the conjugated polymer and largely delays the onset of crack formation under strain, and the fabricated semiconducting film can be stretched up to 100% strain without affecting mobility, retaining values comparable to that of amorphous silicon.

TL;DR: In insights on future design of self-healing stretchable dielectric materials based on metal-ligand cross-linked polymers, fully stretchable transistors with FeCl2-PDMS dielectrics were fabricated and exhibited ideal transfer characteristics.

TL;DR: This review addresses the critical issues and considerations in the printing methods for organic electronics, outlines the fundamental fluid mechanics, polymer physics, and deposition parameters involved in the fabrication process, and provides future research directions for the next generation of printed polymer electronics.