Flexural Capability of Patterned Transparent Conductive Substrate by Performing Electrical Measurements and Stress Simulations
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Details of Patterned ITO/PET Films
2.1. Establishment of the Flexible Characteristic Inspection System and the Bending Experiment
2.2. Specimen Structure and Manufacture Process of Patterned ITO/PET Film
3. Experimental Results and Discussion
4. Stress–Strain Simulation Approach of Patterned ITO/PET Thin Films
4.1. Stress Distribution of Patterned ITO Film Deposited on a Compliant PET Substrate
4.2. Thickness Effect of ITO Coating
4.3. Pattern and Compliant PET Substrate Thickness Influence of ITO/PET Film
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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PET Thickness | Sheet Resistance | Pattern 1 | Pattern 2 | ||
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Cal. (kΩ) | Mea. (kΩ) | Cal. (kΩ) | Mea. (kΩ) | ||
50 µm | 120 ± 20 Ω/ϒ | 3.02–4.23 | 3.57 | 8.78–12.29 | 10.15 |
100 µm | 140 ± 30 Ω/ϒ | 3.33–5.14 | 4.26 | 9.66–14.92 | 10.67 |
125 µm | 150 ± 30 Ω/ϒ | 3.63–5.44 | 4.95 | 10.53–15.80 | 13.03 |
Experimental Conditions | Radius of Curvature (mm) | |||||||
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2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | ||||
Convex Bending | ||||||||
Pattern Design | Pattern 1 (Line width = 3.92 mm) | Pattern 2 (Line width = 0.37 mm) | ||||||
PET Thickness (μm) | 50 | 100 | 125 |
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Lee, C.-C.; Huang, P.-C.; Wang, K.-S. Flexural Capability of Patterned Transparent Conductive Substrate by Performing Electrical Measurements and Stress Simulations. Materials 2016, 9, 850. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma9100850
Lee C-C, Huang P-C, Wang K-S. Flexural Capability of Patterned Transparent Conductive Substrate by Performing Electrical Measurements and Stress Simulations. Materials. 2016; 9(10):850. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma9100850
Chicago/Turabian StyleLee, Chang-Chun, Pei-Chen Huang, and Ko-Shun Wang. 2016. "Flexural Capability of Patterned Transparent Conductive Substrate by Performing Electrical Measurements and Stress Simulations" Materials 9, no. 10: 850. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma9100850