Stretchable Electronics with Strain‐Resistive Performance

Abstract

AbstractStretchable electronics have attracted tremendous attention amongst academic and industrial communities due to their prospective applications in personal healthcare, human‐activity monitoring, artificial skins, wearable displays, human‐machine interfaces, etc. Other than mechanical robustness, stable performances under complex strains in these devices that are not for strain sensing are equally important for practical applications. Here, a comprehensive summarization of recent advances in stretchable electronics with strain‐resistive performance is presented. First, detailed overviews of intrinsically strain‐resistive stretchable materials, including conductors, semiconductors, and insulators, are given. Then, systematic representations of advanced structures, including helical, serpentine, meshy, wrinkled, and kirigami‐based structures, for strain‐resistive performance are summarized. Next, stretchable arrays and circuits with strain‐resistive performance, that integrate multiple functionalities and enable complex behaviors, are introduced. This review presents a detailed overview of recent progress in stretchable electronics with strain‐resistive performances and provides a guideline for the future development of stretchable electronics.