Mechanical durability of screen-printed flexible silver traces for wearable devices

• Main Authors: Suhaimi, Muhammad Irsyad, Nordin, Anis Nurashikin, Md Ralib, Aliza 'Aini, Voiculescu, Ioana, Mak, Wing Cheung, Ming, Lim Lai, Samsudin, Zambri
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Subjects: TK7800 Electronics. Computer engineering. Computer hardware. Photoelectronic devices
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/102486/7/102486_Mechanical%20durability%20of%20screen-printed_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/102486/8/102486_Mechanical%20durability%20of%20screen-printed.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/102486/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214180422000666/pdfft?md5=b7d8b51d8ef12419371b158426312f57&pid=1-s2.0-S2214180422000666-main.pdf

There is increased usage of flexible electronics recently in various applications such as wearable devices, flexible displays and sensors. Studies on the durability of conductive metal traces under cyclic mechanical loading is crucial since these conductors will be subjected to repeated bending. In...