Experimental and Simulated Investigations of Thin Polymer Substrates with an Indium Tin Oxide Coating under Fatigue Bending Loadings
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Details of the ITO-PET Film
2.1. Establishment of the Bending Test Mechanism and Bending Experiment
2.2. Sheet Resistance Measurement
2.3. Observation of ITO Film Failure and Optical Transmittance Measurement
3. Experimental Results and Discussion
4. Validation and Simulation Approaches of Fracture-Based Analysis for ITO-PET Thin Films
4.1. Energy-Based Method of Adhesion Strength Estimation: J-Integral Approach
4.2. Validation of Interfacial Adhesion Strength of Selected ITO-PET Film
4.3. Influence of Crack Length, PET Thickness, and ITO Thickness on Energy Release Rate Estimation
4.3.1. Influence of Crack Length on J-Value Predication
4.3.2. Thickness Effect of PET Compliant Substrate
4.3.3. Thickness Effect of ITO-Coating on PET Substrate
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Materials | Young’s Modulus (GPa) | Poisson’s Ratio |
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ITO | 118 | 0.3 |
PET | 3.1 | 0.4 |
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Hsu, J.-S.; Lee, C.-C.; Wen, B.-J.; Huang, P.-C.; Xie, C.-K. Experimental and Simulated Investigations of Thin Polymer Substrates with an Indium Tin Oxide Coating under Fatigue Bending Loadings. Materials 2016, 9, 720. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma9090720
Hsu J-S, Lee C-C, Wen B-J, Huang P-C, Xie C-K. Experimental and Simulated Investigations of Thin Polymer Substrates with an Indium Tin Oxide Coating under Fatigue Bending Loadings. Materials. 2016; 9(9):720. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma9090720
Chicago/Turabian StyleHsu, Jiong-Shiun, Chang-Chun Lee, Bor-Jiunn Wen, Pei-Chen Huang, and Chi-Kai Xie. 2016. "Experimental and Simulated Investigations of Thin Polymer Substrates with an Indium Tin Oxide Coating under Fatigue Bending Loadings" Materials 9, no. 9: 720. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma9090720