Direct Transfer of Magnetic Sensor Devices to Elastomeric Supports for Stretchable Electronics

• DOI: 10.1002/adma.201403998
• Publication Date: 2015-01-14T10:29:54Z
• Authors: Michael Melzer; Daniil Karnaushenko; Gungun Lin; Stefan Baunack; Denys Makarov; Oliver G. Schmidt
• Keywords: 02 engineering and technology; 0210 nano-technology; 7. Clean energy; Communications

A novel fabrication method for stretchable magnetoresistive sensors is introduced, which allows the transfer of a complex microsensor systems prepared on common rigid donor substrates to prestretched elastomeric membranes in a single step. This direct transfer printing method boosts the fabrication potential of stretchable magnetoelectronics in terms of miniaturization and level of complexity, and provides strain-invariant sensors up to 30% tensile deformation.