PMID- 20877884
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110113
LR  - 20101110
IS  - 1473-0197 (Print)
IS  - 1473-0189 (Linking)
VI  - 10
IP  - 23
DP  - 2010 Dec 7
TI  - Microfluidic stretchable RF electronics.
PG  - 3227-34
LID - 10.1039/c005159d [doi]
AB  - Stretchable electronics is a revolutionary technology that will potentially 
      create a world of radically different electronic devices and systems that open up 
      an entirely new spectrum of possibilities. This article proposes a microfluidic 
      based solution for stretchable radio frequency (RF) electronics, using hybrid 
      integration of active circuits assembled on flex foils and liquid alloy passive 
      structures embedded in elastic substrates, e.g. polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). This 
      concept was employed to implement a 900 MHz stretchable RF radiation sensor, 
      consisting of a large area elastic antenna and a cluster of conventional rigid 
      components for RF power detection. The integrated radiation sensor except the 
      power supply was fully embedded in a thin elastomeric substrate. Good electrical 
      performance of the standalone stretchable antenna as well as the RF power 
      detection sub-module was verified by experiments. The sensor successfully 
      detected the RF radiation over 5 m distance in the system demonstration. 
      Experiments on two-dimensional (2D) stretching up to 15%, folding and twisting of 
      the demonstrated sensor were also carried out. Despite the integrated device was 
      severely deformed, no failure in RF radiation sensing was observed in the tests. 
      This technique illuminates a promising route of realizing stretchable and 
      foldable large area integrated RF electronics that are of great interest to a 
      variety of applications like wearable computing, health monitoring, medical 
      diagnostics, and curvilinear electronics.
FAU - Cheng, Shi
AU  - Cheng S
AD  - Department of Engineering Sciences, Uppsala University, The Angstrom Laboratory, 
      Box-534, SE-751 21, Uppsala, Sweden.
FAU - Wu, Zhigang
AU  - Wu Z
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20100929
PL  - England
TA  - Lab Chip
JT  - Lab on a chip
JID - 101128948
RN  - 0 (Dimethylpolysiloxanes)
RN  - 63148-62-9 (baysilon)
SB  - IM
MH  - Biosensing Techniques
MH  - Cost-Benefit Analysis
MH  - Dimethylpolysiloxanes/chemistry
MH  - Elasticity
MH  - Electronics
MH  - Electronics, Medical
MH  - Equipment Design
MH  - *Microfluidic Analytical Techniques
MH  - Microfluidics
MH  - Radio Waves
MH  - Semiconductors
MH  - Telemetry/*instrumentation
MH  - Transducers
EDAT- 2010/09/30 06:00
MHDA- 2011/01/14 06:00
CRDT- 2010/09/30 06:00
PHST- 2010/09/30 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/09/30 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/01/14 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1039/c005159d [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Lab Chip. 2010 Dec 7;10(23):3227-34. doi: 10.1039/c005159d. Epub 2010 Sep 29.