Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 7, Issue 15, Pages 7920-7926Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/am508899z
Keywords
liquid metal; EGaIn; stretchable conductor; wettability; interface; strain sensor
Funding
- Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP), Korea [NIPA-2013-H0203-13-1001]
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Highly stretchable conductors. are essential components, in deformable electronics. Owing to their high stretchability and conductivity, liquid metals have attracted significant attention for use as circuits and interconnections. However, their poor wettability to stretchable metal electrodes prevents the formation of stable electrical connections. This study examined two approaches for creating a stable interface between. a liquid metal (EGaIn) and stretchable metal electrodes via: (i) the use of honeycomb-structured stretchable metal electrodes and (ii) the addition of a conducting polymer interlayer. The line width of the honeycomb had a significant influence on the formation of a stable interface. The liquid metal formed a stable film layer on honeycomb metal electrodes, which have line-widths of him than 50 mu m. Coating PEDOT:PSS with a nonionic surfactant lowered the interfacial energy of EGaIn With flat stretchable metal surfaces; hence EGaIn was coated uniformly on the stretchable metal surfaces. Strain sensors were fabricated as a demonstrative example of an application that utilizes the stable interface.
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