Micro-scale, printed LEDs for unusual lighting and display systems

Rak Hwan Kim, Dae Hyeong Kim, Jianliang Xiao, Bong Hoon Kim, Bruce Panilaitis, Roozbeh Ghaffari, Jimin Yao, Ming Li, Zhuangjian Liu, Viktor Malyarchuk, Dae Gon Kim, An Phong Le, Ralph G. Nuzzo, David L. Kaplan, Fiorenzo G. Omenetto, Yonggang Huang, Zhan Kang, John A. Rogers

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contribution

Abstract

Current technology development in light emitting diodes has enabled high efficiency operation, low energy consumption and lifetimes, thereby creating new possibilities in conventional display and lighting industry. Recent work is also creating more unusual uses in biomedicine and in sensing applications, where conformal contact over curvilinear surfaces is required. Here, ultrathin device geometries and optimized mechanical designs, including neutral mechanical plane layouts and serpentine interconnects, provide indicators and lighting modules with arbitrary shapes capable of integrated on nearly any type of substrates. Biomedical devices such as light emitting suture threads, and glove-mounted optical proximity sensors demonstrate the versatility of this strategy and create great new opportunities.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAdvanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics IV
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
EventAdvanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics IV - San Francisco, CA, United States
Duration: Jan 25 2011Jan 26 2011

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume7927
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Other

OtherAdvanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics IV
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco, CA
Period1/25/111/26/11

Keywords

  • μ-ILEDs
  • Proximity sensors
  • Serpentine interconnects
  • Stretchable array

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Applied Mathematics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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