Research ArticleOpen AccessGoogle Scholar indexed
Development of a High-PerformanceFlexible Substrate for Flexible Electronics:Joining TAC Films and an Ultra-Thin Glassby Using TEOS-DAC Synthesized by the Sol-Gel Method
Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
- 1 Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
- 2 Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
- 3 Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
- 4 Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
Materials Sciences and Applications·Volume 06 (2015)·Pages 1100–1110·Published 1 December 2015·DOI10.4236/msa.2015.612109
Copy link · social · email
Abstract
A new flexible substrate for flexible electronics has been developed. The developed substrate consists of an ultra thin glass and TAC (triacethyl cellulose) film. An ultra thin glass and TAC film were joined with TEOS-DAC (TEOS: tetraethyl orthosilicate, DAC: diacethy cellulose) adhesive resin synthesized by sol-gel method by means of thermo-compression bonding. This substrate has high transparency in visible-light region (90%), high flexibility (torsion strength and bending strength) and high gas barrier characteristics due to an ultra thin glass. The newly-developed substrate is superior to the substrates fabricated with commercially available adhesive resin in the same way in characteristics of heat resistance, transparency and flexibility.
KeywordsFlexible ElectronicsFlexible SubstrateUltra Thin GlassTriacethyl Cellulose Film
- White, M.S., Kaitenbrunner, M.G., Istrokowacki, E.D., Gutnichenko, K., Kettlgruber, G., Graz, I., Aazou, S., Ulbricht, C., Egbe, D.A.M., Miron, M.C., Major, Z., Schaber, M.C., Sekitani, T., Someya, T., Bauer, S. and Sariciftci, N.S. (2013) Ultrathin Highly Flexible and Stretchable PLEDs. Nature Photonics, 7, 811-816. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2013.188
- Sekitani, T. and Someya, T. (2011) Human-Friendly Organic Integrated Circuit. Materials Today, 14, 398-407. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1369-7021(11)70184-5
- Sekitani, T., Zschieschang, U., Klauk, H. and Someya, T. (2010) Flexible Organic Transistor and Circuits with Extreme Bending Stability. Nature Materials, 9, 1015-1022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmat2896
- Nomura, K., Ohta, H., Kamiya, T., Hirano, M. and Hosono, H. (2004) Room-Temperature Fabrication of Transparent Flexible Thin-Film Transistors Using Amorphous Oxide Semiconductors. Nature, 432, 488-492. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature03090
- Katsuhara, M., Yagi, I., Yumoto, A., Noda, M., Hirai, N., Yasuda, R., Moriwaki, T., Ushikura, S., Imaoka, A., Urabe, T. and Nomoto, K. (2010) A Flexible OLED Display with an OTFT Backplane Made by Scalable Manufacturing Process. Journal of the Society for Information Display, 18, 399-404. http://dx.doi.org/10.1889/JSID18.6.399
- Yagi, I., Hirai, N., Miyamoto, Y., Noda, M., Imaoka, A., Yoneda, N., Nomoto, K., Kasahara, J., Yumoto, A. and Urabe, T. (2008) A Flexible Full-Color AMOLED Display Driven by OTFTs. Journal of the Society for Information Display, 16, 15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1889/1.2835023
- Uesaka, S., Yamaoka, R., Sasaki, T., Chida, A., Kawashima, S., Isa, T., Seo, S., et al. (2014) A 13.5-in. Quad-FHD Flexible CAAC-OS AMOLED Display with Long-Life OLED Device Structure. Journal of the Society for Information Display, 22, 603-612. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jsid.275
- Kodaira, T., Hirabayashi, S., Komatsu, Y., Miyasaka, M., Kawai, H., Nebashi, S., Inoue, S. and Shimoda, T. (2008) A Flexible 3.1-in. Active-Matrix Electrophoretic Display with High Resolution and A Thickness of 100 μm. Journal of the Society for Information Display, 16, 107-111. http://dx.doi.org/10.1889/1.2835015
- Wong, W.S. and Salleo, A. (2009) Flexible Electronics: Materials and Applications. Springer, New York. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74363-9
- Sekitani, T. and Someya, T. (2010) Stretchable Large-Area Organic Electronics. Advanced Materials, 22, 2228-2246. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.200904054