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Chemistry and Biochemistry Publications

2016

Elastomers

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Elastomers: Reinventing Butyl Rubber For Stretchable Electronics (Adv. Funct. Mater. 29/2016), Akhil Vohra, Heather L. Filiatrault, Stanley D. Amyotte, R. Stephen Carmichael, Natalie D. Suhan, Conrad Siegers, Lorenzo Ferrari, Gregory J.E. Davidson, Tricia Breen Carmichael Aug 2016

Elastomers: Reinventing Butyl Rubber For Stretchable Electronics (Adv. Funct. Mater. 29/2016), Akhil Vohra, Heather L. Filiatrault, Stanley D. Amyotte, R. Stephen Carmichael, Natalie D. Suhan, Conrad Siegers, Lorenzo Ferrari, Gregory J.E. Davidson, Tricia Breen Carmichael

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Reinventing Butyl Rubber For Stretchable Electronics, Tricia B. Carmichael, Akhil Vohra, Heather L. Filiatrault, Stanley Amyotte, R. Stephen Carmichael, Natalie D. Suhan, Siegers Conrad, Lorenzo Ferrari, Gregory J E Davidson Jan 2016

Reinventing Butyl Rubber For Stretchable Electronics, Tricia B. Carmichael, Akhil Vohra, Heather L. Filiatrault, Stanley Amyotte, R. Stephen Carmichael, Natalie D. Suhan, Siegers Conrad, Lorenzo Ferrari, Gregory J E Davidson

Chemistry and Biochemistry Publications

The development of stretchable electronic devices that are soft and conformable has relied heavily on a single material – polydimethylsiloxane – as the elastomeric substrate. Although polydimethylsiloxane has a number of advantageous characteristics, its high gas permeability is detrimental to stretchable devices that use materials sensitive to oxygen and water vapor, such as organic semiconductors and oxidizable metals. Failing to protect these materials from atmosphere-induced decomposition leads to premature device failure; therefore, it is imperative to develop elastomers with gas barrier properties that enable stretchable electronics with practical lifetimes. Here, we reinvent butyl rubber – a material with an intrinsically …