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Dip coated stretchable and bendable PEDOTPSS films on low modulus micro-bumpy PDMS substrate

  • Murtuza Mehdi EMAIL logo , Maaz Akhtar , Ahmad Hussain , Muhammad Nauman , Dheya Shuja Alothmany , Iqbal Ahmed and Kyung-Hyun Choi
Published/Copyright: November 9, 2017
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Journal of Polymer Engineering
From the journal Journal of Polymer Engineering Volume 38 Issue 5

Abstract

Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOTPSS) is an organic conductive polymer which has a great potential to replace metallic conductors in thin film electronics. This paper reports the experimental findings on the electromechanical performance of conductive PEDOTPSS thin films on a stretchable and flexible low modulus polymer substrate, polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), having random micro-bumpy roughness features. All films were fabricated using the method of dip coating, which is cost effective and also favorable for mass production. The main goal of the study is to quantify the stretchability and bendability of dip coated PEDOTPSS thin films on PDMS substrate having random micro-bumpy type of roughness features. The films displayed almost constant resistance up to 10% axial strain and were also found to remain conductive when bent up to a diameter of 2 mm.

Keywords: bendability; dip coating; roughness; stretchability; thin film

Acknowledgments

The corresponding author would like to thank the NED University of Engineering and Technology Pakistan, Jeju National University South Korea and King Abdulaziz University Saudi Arabia for their support.

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Received: 2017-3-8
Accepted: 2017-8-20
Published Online: 2017-11-9
Published in Print: 2018-4-25

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https://doi.org/10.1515/polyeng-2017-0081
Keywords for this article
bendability; dip coating; roughness; stretchability; thin film

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  1. Frontmatter
  2. Material properties
  3. Structural, optical, and aging studies of biocompatible PVC-PVP blend films
  4. Structure-property relationships in polypropylene/poly(ethylene-co-octene)/multiwalled carbon nanotube nanocomposites prepared via a novel eccentric rotor extruder
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  11. Influence of a locally variable mold temperature on injection molded thin-wall components
  12. Process control strategies for injection molding processes with changing raw material viscosity
  13. Three-dimensional numerical simulation of total warpage deformation for short-glass-fiber-reinforced polypropylene composite injection-molded parts using coupled FEM
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