Abstract:
An inkjet printable ionic conductive ink for producing a touch sensor device is provided. The inkjet printable ionic conductive ink includes a hydrophilic polymer and an ionic salt, a mixture of solvents in which the hydrophilic polymer and the ionic salt are dissolved therein to form a solution, and a surfactant to render the solution inkjet printable. A method of producing the inkjet printable ionic conductive ink is also provided. The method includes dissolving a hydrophilic polymer and an ionic salt in a mixture of solvents to form a solution, and mixing the solution with a surfactant to render the solution inkjet printable. A touch sensor panel comprising the ionic conductive ink and a method of producing the touch sensor panel are also provided.
Abstract:
A method of producing a transparent conductive electrode is provided. The method comprises spraying a suspension of electrically conductive nanowires on a polymer substrate to form droplets thereon, wherein each of the droplets has a periphery which is in contact with one or more peripheries of another droplet, wherein the suspension comprises a polar solvent, wherein the polymer substrate and the polar solvent produce a surface tension which directs the electrically conductive nanowires to accumulate at the periphery of each of the droplets to form a network of connected ring structures, and removing the polar solvent from the polymer substrate to form a micromesh comprising the electrically conductive nanowires which are retained in the form of the network of connected ring structures. The transparent conductive electrode and its uses are also provided.
Abstract:
A flexible electronic device is provided. The flexible electronic device comprises a flexible dielectric substrate having a first surface and an opposing second surface; a first electrode layer arranged on the first surface of the flexible dielectric substrate; a second electrode layer arranged on the second surface of the flexible dielectric substrate; a functional layer comprising or consisting of (i) a light emitting layer or (ii) an electroactive layer and an electrolyte layer, arranged on the second electrode layer; a third electrode layer arranged on the functional layer; and a capping layer arranged on the third electrode layer. A method of manufacturing the flexible electronic device is also provided.
Abstract:
A piezoelectric energy harvester comprising: a metal substrate comprising a planar part, a first leg projecting from the planar part and a second leg projecting from the planar part, the metal substrate configured to support a piezoelectric matrix on the planar part between the first leg and the second leg; and a piezoelectric matrix provided on the substrate, the piezoelectric matrix comprising a plurality of adjacent PZT elements.
Abstract:
A device and method of testing muscle stiffness or spasticity. The method includes: controlling an actuator to periodically change between a pressurized state and a relaxed state such that the actuator in at least the pressurized state provides a cyclic force contributing to at least one deformation of a piezoelectric film, the actuator in at least the relaxed state providing a lateral surface in abutment with the piezoelectric film, the piezoelectric film being variably deformable and conformable to the muscle or the muscle group; acquiring a signal generated by the at least one deformation of the piezoelectric film, wherein a change in the signal corresponds to the at least one deformation of the piezoelectric film; and determining a quantitative measure of a muscle spasticity state of the muscle or the muscle group based on the signal.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a photothermal adhesive that has a crosslinked polymeric matrix and a photothermal agent dispersed within the crosslinked polymeric matrix, where the crosslinked polymeric matrix is formed by the random block copolymerisation of: a urethane acrylate polymeric material that has two or more acrylate end groups; and a polymeric or oligomeric crosslinker material having two or more acrylate end groups. Also disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing the photothermal adhesive, uses thereof, and methods of use thereof.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a composite material comprising a crosslinked polymeric matrix, the crosslinked polymeric matrix formed from a polymeric material comprising a plurality of carboxylic acid functional groups and a plurality of liquid metal particles having a surface functionalized with a plurality of amino and/or hydroxyl functional groups, where the plurality of liquid metal particles and the polymeric material are covalently bonded together by a plurality of amide and/or ester bonds formed from the plurality of carboxylic acid functional groups and the plurality of amino and/or hydroxyl functional groups. Also disclosed herein is a thermal interface layer using said composite material and a thermoelectric device also using said composite material.
Abstract:
Provided is the use of a magnetic nanocomposite material that is capable of polymerising an anaerobic adhesive or other monomeric materials in need thereof as a nanoinitiator, in said polymerisation. Also disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing the magnetic nanocomposite material. In a preferred embodiment, the nanoinitiator is a magnetic nanoparticle core covered with a shell bearing dendrons that chelate an initiating metal ion of copper.
Abstract:
The microfluidic board comprises a plurality of matrix units, wherein each matrix unit is a stacked arrangement comprising a driving portion comprising an actuator, a pump portion in contact with the driving portion and comprising a pump, a channel portion in contact with the pump portion and comprising one or more channels, and a chamber portion in contact with the channel portion and comprising a chamber, wherein the one or more channels are configured to direct fluid between the pump and the chamber, and wherein the actuator is configured to generate a force to drive the pump upon receiving of an input energy.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing an electrochromic device is provided. The method includes providing a patterned arrangement of an electrically conductive material; and applying one or more layers of an electrochromic material to the patterned arrangement, wherein at least a portion of the electrochromic material is in electrical contact with the electrically conductive material. An electrochromic device and an electrochromic ink composition are also provided.