Abstract

Soft electronics plays an important role in the realization of health monitoring and rehabilitation, Internet of Things (IoTs), and soft robotics. In the past two decades, the research focuses have been devoted to developing soft electronics based on thin film materials and architectures that are non-permeable to air, moisture, and liquid. It is recently found that permeability is essential to the chronic biocompatibility of these soft devices, especially those closely attached on soft skins and tissues. This talk will discuss our research effort on developing soft and permeable electronics for wearable, skin-attached, and implantable applications. We will discuss the development of fibrous conductive materials, and their applications as building blocks for fabricating highly flexible, foldable, stretchable, and permeable electronic devices and systems. We will also discuss how high-performance flexible and wearable energy harvesting and storage devices are fabricated with these fibrous conductive materials.