Ultrathin, highly flexible and stretchable PLEDs

• DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2013.188
• Publication Date: 2013-07-26T08:47:55Z
• Authors: Matthew S. White; Martin Kaltenbrunner; Eric D. Głowacki; Kateryna Gutnichenko; Gerald Kettlgruber; Ingrid Graz; Safae Aazou; Christoph Ulbricht; Daniel A. M. Egbe; Matei C. Miron; Zoltan Major; Markus C. Scharber; Tsuyoshi Sekitani; Takao Someya; Siegfried Bauer; Niyazi Serdar Sar...
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 7. Clean energy; 0104 chemical sciences

Ultrathin sheets of polymer LEDs that emit light even when being crumpled or stretched have been realized. The 2-μm-thick devices emit red or orange light with a sufficiently high brightness for indoor applications, and they could prove useful for integration with textiles.