Korea Institute of Science and Technology

Tae Ann Kim

Heesuk Kim

Sang-Soo Lee

Jong Hyuk Park

Jeong Gon Son

Seungjun Chung

Min Cheol Park

Jae Hong Kim

Phillip Lee

Youngpyo Ko

Seung Hyun Lee

Min Su Park

Jai Kyeong Kim

Jongwon Kim

Soon Ho Lim

Hyunjoo Cho

Seongkwon Hwang

Inho Jeong

Jinwoo Oh

Seong Kwon Hwang

Doo Joon Jang

Sung Min Jee

Kiwon Oh

The present invention relates to a conductive material with high stretchability and a method for preparing the conductive material, and more particularly, to a conductive material with high stretchability, including a carbon nanotube (CNT) network, and a polymer dopant, not an elastomer, providing an increase in free-volume of the carbon nanotube (CNT) network, wherein the conductive material includes the polymer dopant in an amount of 1 wt % to less than 30 wt % with respect to the total weight of the carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and has stretchability.

Conductive material with high stretchability and preparation method thereof

The present disclosure relates to a stretchable electrode, a method for preparing the same and a stretchable battery including the stretchable electrode. The stretchable electrode of the present disclosure, which is prepared by crosslinking a hydroxyl-functionalized fluorine-based polymer binder physically using a ketone-based solvent or chemically with a crosslinking agent, has superior stretchability, has improved interfacial adhesivity to an active material through Fenton's oxidation, exhibits improved stability under various mechanical deformations of the electrode such as stretching, etc. and can uniformly maintain the electrical conductivity, battery capacity and charge-discharge performance of the electrode. In addition, the stretchable battery of the present disclosure, which includes the stretchable electrode, a stretchable current collector, a stretchable separator and a stretchable encapsulant, has improved stretchability and superior battery stability under various deformations due to high degree of freedom of structures and materials. In addition, the stretchable battery of the present disclosure can be prepared as a fiber battery by printing an electrode and a current collector sequentially on both sides of a stretchable fabric, which can be worn, e.g., around sleeves due to superior stretchability and high structural degree of freedom and retains high battery performance and mechanical stability even under mechanical deformation. Therefore, it can be applied to a mobile display for a health monitoring system or a smartwatch.

Stretchable electrode, manufacturing method thereof, and stretchable battery comprising stretchable electrode

Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a transparent stretchable substrate according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. The method may include generating a substrate part formed of an elastic material, generating an auxetic including a plurality of unit structures on the substrate part, and generating a fixing part on the substrate part on which the auxetic is generated.

Transparent stretchable substrate and manufacturing method thereof

A conductive polymer composite for adhesion to a flexible substrate contains a polymer adhesive containing a curable polymer and a curing agent; and a conductive filler containing a metal and a carbonaceous material dispersed in the polymer adhesive. The conductive polymer composite is suitable for application to not only the human body but also other objects having irregular surface. In addition, due to enhanced adhesive strength of the conductive polymer composite to the flexible substrate, the reduction in conductivity or conductivity breakdown caused by external stress can be prevented and flexibility and stretchability can be improved.

Conductive polymer composite for adhesion to flexible substrate and method for preparing same

A highly-dielectric, elastic structure includes an elastic body that is highly-dielectric and includes a polymer matrix that including 1000 pbw of a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) base and 100 pbw of a PDMS curing agent, and has a tensile strength of 0.1 to 10 MPa; and 22.4 pbw of carbon black that is surface-treated with octadecyltrimethoxysilane (ODTMS) in an amount of at least 0.707 mmol per 22.4 pbw of the carbon black, and that is dispersed in the polymer matrix and cured; and an adhesive electrode that is stretchable, that is disposed on the elastic body, and that includes a polymer adhesive including a 500 pbw of a thermosetting silicone-based polymer adhesive including a curable polymer and a curing agent; and a conductive filler comprising 500 pbw of silver particles and 4000 pbw of a carbonaceous material that is a multi-walled carbon nanotube that are dispersed in the polymer adhesive and cured.

Highly-dielectric, elastic structure and a touch sensor including the same

A method for preparing a latent hardener includes, in the order recited, introducing a hardener into a dry mixer that is a high-energy-type mixer; injecting carbon dioxide gas or an inert gas into the dry mixer; and mechanochemically deactivating only a surface of the hardener using the dry mixer. The hardener may be an amine-based adduct, an imidazole-based adduct, dicyandiamide, a dihydride-based compound, a dichlorophenyl dimethylurea compound and combinations thereof. The inert gas may be helium, nitrogen, argon, neon, krypton, and combinations thereof.

Method of preparing a latent hardener with improved storage stability through a dry surface treatment

Disclosed is a thermoelectric device in which a separate interlayer is inserted between a thermoelectric leg and an electrode to reduce the contact resistance between the thermoelectric leg and the electrode, so that the interlayer serves as a tunneling path between the thermoelectric leg and the electrode, facilitating the charge movements between the two materials. The thermoelectric device according to an embodiment includes a substrate; at least one thermoelectric leg positioned on the substrate; an interlayer positioned on each thermoelectric leg of the at least one thermoelectric leg and including a plurality of interlayer materials that are chemically bonded with a respective thermoelectric leg; and an electrode positioned on each interlayer and electrically connected to the respective thermoelectric leg, wherein the plurality of interlayer materials of each respective interlayer is arranged in a shape of a brush.

Thermoelectric device having a separate interlayer disposed between a thermoelectric leg and an electrode to reduce the contact resistance therebetween

The present disclosure relates to a generalized method for producing a vertically oriented block copolymer film, a block copolymer film with controlled orientation obtained thereby, and a method for producing a self-assembled pattern. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to form a crosslinked layer, which is mechanically stable and undergoes no chemical change, by subjecting the block copolymer surface to plasma treatment using a filter. It is also possible to obtain a vertically oriented block copolymer film by annealing the block copolymer film having such a crosslinked layer. The method for producing a vertically oriented block copolymer film according to the present disclosure is advantageous in that it can be applied for general purpose regardless of the chemical structure, type and morphology of a block copolymer, and the method can be applied generally to the conventional directed self assembly process.

Generalized method for producing vertically oriented block copolymer film, block copolymer film produced thereby and method for producing self-assembled pattern

Disclosed is an elastomer-conductive filler composite with improved dielectric properties. The composite includes conductive fillers and an ionic liquid dispersing the conductive fillers. The ionic liquid is used as a dispersant to effectively enhance the dispersion of the conductive fillers, achieving a high dielectric constant and a low dielectric loss of the composite without deteriorating the physical properties of the conductive fillers. The use of the ionic liquid can reduce the number of processing steps and the presence of the conductive fillers at a low concentration in the composite can minimize deterioration of the physical properties of the elastomer. Further disclosed is a method for producing the composite.

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