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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2007
John A. Rogers, Champaign, IL (US);
Matthew Meitl, Raleigh, NC (US);
Yugang Sun, Naperville, IL (US);
Heung Cho Ko, Urbana, IL (US);
Andrew Carlson, Urbana, IL (US);
Won Mook Choi, Champaign, IL (US);
Mark Stoykovich, Dover, NH (US);
Hanqing Jiang, Urbana, IL (US);
Yonggang Huang, Glencoe, IL (US);
Ralph G. Nuzzo, Champaign, IL;
Keon Jae Lee, Tokyo, JP;
Zhengtao Zhu, Rapid City, SD (US);
Etienne Menard, Durham, NC (US);
Dahl-young Khang, Seoul, KR;
Seong Jun Kang, Daejeon, KR;
Jong Hyun Ahn, Suwon, KR;
Hoon-sik Kim, Champaign, IL (US);
John A. Rogers, Champaign, IL (US);
Matthew Meitl, Raleigh, NC (US);
Yugang Sun, Naperville, IL (US);
Heung Cho Ko, Urbana, IL (US);
Andrew Carlson, Urbana, IL (US);
Won Mook Choi, Champaign, IL (US);
Mark Stoykovich, Dover, NH (US);
Hanqing Jiang, Urbana, IL (US);
Yonggang Huang, Glencoe, IL (US);
Ralph G. Nuzzo, Champaign, IL;
Keon Jae Lee, Tokyo, JP;
Zhengtao Zhu, Rapid City, SD (US);
Etienne Menard, Durham, NC (US);
Dahl-Young Khang, Seoul, KR;
Seong Jun Kang, Daejeon, KR;
Jong Hyun Ahn, Suwon, KR;
Hoon-sik Kim, Champaign, IL (US);
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Abstract
In an aspect, the present invention provides stretchable, and optionally printable, components such as semiconductors and electronic circuits capable of providing good performance when stretched, compressed, flexed or otherwise deformed, and related methods of making or tuning such stretchable components. Stretchable semiconductors and electronic circuits preferred for some applications are flexible, in addition to being stretchable, and thus are capable of significant elongation, flexing, bending or other deformation along one or more axes. Further, stretchable semiconductors and electronic circuits of the present invention are adapted to a wide range of device configurations to provide fully flexible electronic and optoelectronic devices.