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Transfer Printing of Metallic Microstructures on Adhesion‐Promoting Hydrogel Substrates
Author(s) -
Wu Haosheng,
Sariola Veikko,
Zhu Congcong,
Zhao Jingsi,
Sitti Metin,
Bettinger Christopher J.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201500954
Subject(s) - transfer printing , fabrication , self healing hydrogels , nanotechnology , materials science , electronics , process (computing) , adhesion , computer science , engineering , composite material , electrical engineering , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , polymer chemistry , operating system
Fabrication schemes that integrate inorganic microstructures with hydrogel substrates are essential for advancing flexible electronics. A transfer printing process that is made possible through the design and synthesis of adhesion‐promoting hydrogels as target substrates is reported. This fabrication technique may advance ultracompliant electronics by melding microfabricated structures with swollen hydrogel substrates.