Introduction to Flexible Electronics

The field of flexible electronics has grown rapidly in the last two decades, with diverse applications including wearable gadgets and medical equipment. This textbook comprehensively covers fundamental aspects of flexible electronics along with materials and processing techniques. It discusses topics including flexural rigidity, flexible PCBs, organic semiconductors, nanostructured materials, material reliability, electronic reliability, crystalline and polymer materials, semiconductor processing and flexible silicon in depth. The text covers advantages, disadvantages, and applications of processes such as sol-gel processing and ink-jet printing. Pedagogical features including solved problems and unsolved exercises are interspersed throughout the text for better understanding. The textbook is primarily written for senior undergraduate and graduate students in the field of electrical engineering, electronics, and communication engineering for a course on flexible electronics. The textbook will be accompanied by teaching resource including solution manual for the instructors. Aimed at senior undergraduate and graduate students in the field of electrical and electronics engineering, this book: Covers major areas including materials, physics, processes, and applications of flexible electronics. Includes homework problems for readers to understand concepts in an easy manner. Discusses types of materials including flexible silicon, metal oxides and organic semiconductors in detail. Applications of flexible electronics in displays, solar cells and batteries discusses in detail Covers a section on Stretchable Electronics.