Flexible Electronics: The Next Ubiquitous Platform

Author

Nathan, Arokia ; Ahnood, Arman ; Cole, Matthew T. ; Lee, Sungsik ; Suzuki, Yuji ; Hiralal, Pritesh ; Bonaccorso, Francesco ; Hasan, Tawfique ; Garcia-Gancedo, Luis ; Dyadyusha, Andriy ; Haque, Samiul ; Andrew, Piers ; Hofmann, Stephan ; Moultrie, James ;

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng., Cambridge Univ., Cambridge, UK

Volume

100

fYear

2012

Firstpage

1486

Lastpage

1517

Abstract

Thin-film electronics in its myriad forms has underpinned much of the technological innovation in the fields of displays, sensors, and energy conversion over the past four decades. This technology also forms the basis of flexible electronics. Here we review the current status of flexible electronics and attempt to predict the future promise of these pervading technologies in healthcare, environmental monitoring, displays and human-machine interactivity, energy conversion, management and storage, and communication and wireless networks.

Keywords

direct energy conversion; electric sensing devices; environmental monitoring (geophysics); flexible electronics; health care; human computer interaction; innovation management; technology management; thin film devices; displays; energy conversion; environmental monitoring; flexible electronics; healthcare; human-machine interactivity; next ubiquitous platform; sensors; technological innovation; thin-film electronics; wireless networks; Computer interfaces; Energy storage; Flexible electronics; Medical services; Renewable energy resources; Technological innovation; Thin films; Wireless networks; Computation; displays; energy generation; energy storage; flexible substrates; healthcare; human–machine interactivity; lab-on-chip; mobility; sensors; thin-film technology; wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Proceedings of the IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9219

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JPROC.2012.2190168

Filename

6198376