Symposium: Mechanics of micro/nano structures on soft substrates: applications for flexible and stretchable electronics

Teng Li — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 10:47:34 -0400

The SES 2007 Conference, Oct. 21-24, 2007, Texas A&M University campus in College Station, Texas, home to the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum.

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Symposium: Mechanics of micro/nano structures on soft substrates: applications for flexible and stretchable electronics

Enormous interests are gathering in recent years towards the nascent technology area of flexible and stretchable electronics. The vast applications, e.g., rollable large-area displays, eye-like digital cameras, and sensitive textiles, will impact everyone's daily life. Future success of this promising technology largely relies on the reduced cost and enhanced portability of the flexible and stretchable electronic devices, attributes that will come from new choice of materials and of manufacturing processes. For example, electronic materials (metals, dielectrics and semiconductors) can be patterned into micro/nano structures on soft substrates, through a roll-to-roll fabrication, resulting in lightweight, rugged, flexible and stretchable devices. These devices will have diverse architectures, hybrid materials, and small features. Moreover, such devices will be subject to large, repeated deformation during manufacturing and service. The mechanical behaviors of such micro/nano structures of stiff materials on soft substrates pose significant challenges to the functionality and reliability of flexible and stretchable electronic devices. To address these increasing concerns, this symposium aims to bring together an international and interdisciplinary forum on emerging topics in the mechanics of micro/nano structures on soft substrates applied for flexible and stretchable electronics. Presentation topics include state-of-the-art modeling, computational and experimental techniques with emphasis on elasticity, viscosity, plasticity, strength, ductility, fracture, fatigue, surfaces, interface, contact, adhesion, and patterning.

Symposium organizers:

Teng Li, University of Maryland
Hanqing Jiang, Arizona State University

Abstract submission is now open, with a deadline of June 30, 2007.

The confirmed speakers in this sympossium include:

Sigurd Wagner (Princeton University), Young Huang (UIUC), Gregory Raupp (ASU, Director of Flexible Display Center), Rui Huang (University of Texas, Austin) and Stephanie Lacour (University of Cambridge, UK)

The SES 2007 conference features plenary presentations by Dr. Thomas Hughes, Dr. Graeme Milton (2007 Prager Medalist), Dr. Bernard Coleman (2007 SES Medalist).

A list of symposia in SES 2007 is available here. A session schedule of SES 2007 conference is attached.

The SES 2007 conference will hold a student paper competition among graduate and undergraduate student presenters. There will be financial assistance for participants and prizes for the top three presenters. See here for details.

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