Handwritten, Soft Circuit Boards and Antennas Using Liquid Metal Nanoparticles

Yiliang Lin; Christopher Cooper; Meng Wang; Jacob J. Adams; Jan Genzer; Michael D. Dickey

doi:10.1002/smll.201502692

Handwritten, Soft Circuit Boards and Antennas Using Liquid Metal Nanoparticles

Yiliang Lin
, Christopher Cooper
, Meng Wang
, Jacob J. Adams
, Jan Genzer
, Michael D. Dickey

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Abstract

Soft conductors are created by embedding liquid metal nanoparticles between two elastomeric sheets. Initially, the particles form an electrically insulating composite. Soft circuit boards can be handwritten by a stylus, which sinters the particles into conductive traces by applying localized mechanical pressure to the elastomeric sheets. Antennas with tunable frequencies are formed by sintering nanoparticles in microchannels.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6397-6403
Number of pages	7
Journal	Small
Volume	11
Issue number	48
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201502692
State	Published - Dec 22 2015

Keywords

circuit boards
handwritten circuits
liquid metals
mechanical sintering
nanoparticles
soft circuit boards

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