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Title: Methods and devices for fabricating and assembling printable semiconductor elements

Abstract

The invention provides methods and devices for fabricating printable semiconductor elements and assembling printable semiconductor elements onto substrate surfaces. Methods, devices and device components of the present invention are capable of generating a wide range of flexible electronic and optoelectronic devices and arrays of devices on substrates comprising polymeric materials. The present invention also provides stretchable semiconductor structures and stretchable electronic devices capable of good performance in stretched configurations.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1531946
Patent Number(s):
9450043
Application Number:
14/155,010
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, IL)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B81 - MICROSTRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY B81C - PROCESSES OR APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF MICROSTRUCTURAL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B82 - NANOTECHNOLOGY B82Y - SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES
DOE Contract Number:  
FG02-91ER45439
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2014-01-14
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 42 ENGINEERING

Citation Formats

Nuzzo, Ralph G., Rogers, John A., Menard, Etienne, Lee, Keon Jae, Khang, Dahl-Young, Sun, Yugang, Meitl, Matthew, and Zhu, Zhengtao. Methods and devices for fabricating and assembling printable semiconductor elements. United States: N. p., 2016. Web.
Nuzzo, Ralph G., Rogers, John A., Menard, Etienne, Lee, Keon Jae, Khang, Dahl-Young, Sun, Yugang, Meitl, Matthew, & Zhu, Zhengtao. Methods and devices for fabricating and assembling printable semiconductor elements. United States.
Nuzzo, Ralph G., Rogers, John A., Menard, Etienne, Lee, Keon Jae, Khang, Dahl-Young, Sun, Yugang, Meitl, Matthew, and Zhu, Zhengtao. Tue . "Methods and devices for fabricating and assembling printable semiconductor elements". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1531946.
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title = {Methods and devices for fabricating and assembling printable semiconductor elements},
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abstractNote = {The invention provides methods and devices for fabricating printable semiconductor elements and assembling printable semiconductor elements onto substrate surfaces. Methods, devices and device components of the present invention are capable of generating a wide range of flexible electronic and optoelectronic devices and arrays of devices on substrates comprising polymeric materials. The present invention also provides stretchable semiconductor structures and stretchable electronic devices capable of good performance in stretched configurations.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Sep 20 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Tue Sep 20 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
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