Materials, Structures and Manufacturing towards Soft Electronics

Dear Colleagues,

Soft electronics, such as wearable sensors, soft actuators, soft displays and flexible/stretchable energy devices, are quickly emerging and have demonstrated great potentials in a broad range of applications. Soft electronics, different from conventional rigid electronics, enable intimate integrations of electronics with dynamic nonplanar surfaces (e.g., human skin and robotic surfaces), and thus allow for enhanced robustness under deformations and improved device performance. Innovations in this highly multidisciplinary research area are driven by cross-disciplinary efforts in materials science, mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, and electrical engineering.

This Special Issue aims to showcase recent advances in this fast-growing field, ranging from strategies in material synthesis and structure design, to the development of advanced manufacturing techniques, and to the exploration of new applications. This Special Issue highlights research papers and review articles that cover different aspects related to soft electronics. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Smart functional materials as building blocks for soft electronics;
• Design, analysis, and modeling of smart structures for soft electronics;
• Novel manufacturing techniques for soft electronics;
• Experimental, theoretical, or modeling research towards the integration of soft electronics into advanced systems;
• Hybrid systems integrating soft electronics and conventional electronics;
• Emerging performance and applications of soft electronics, such as in healthcare, robotics, human–machine interaction, and entertainment.

Dr. Shanshan Yao
Guest Editor

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