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ArticleNature communications2021

A molecular design approach towards elastic and multifunctional polymer electronics.

Yu Zheng, Zhiao Yu, Song Zhang, Xian Kong, Wesley Michaels, Weichen Wang, Gan Chen, Deyu Liu, Jian-Cheng Lai, Nathaniel Prine and 12 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
8.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 147 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Yu Zheng *Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Zhiao Yu *Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8746-1640
Song ZhangSchool of Polymer Science and Engineering, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesbury, MS, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9815-7046
Xian KongDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5602-6347
Wesley MichaelsDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Weichen WangDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Gan ChenDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5541-6212
Deyu LiuDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Jian-Cheng LaiDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9290-678X
Nathaniel PrineSchool of Polymer Science and Engineering, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesbury, MS, USA.
Weimin ZhangKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Kaust Solar Center (KSC), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
Shayla NikzadDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Christopher B CooperDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4783-7778
Donglai ZhongDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0876-414X
Jaewan MunDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Zhitao ZhangDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Jiheong KangDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Jeffrey B-H TokDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2794-0663
Iain McCullochKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Kaust Solar Center (KSC), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6340-7217
Jian QinDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6271-068X
Xiaodan GuSchool of Polymer Science and Engineering, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesbury, MS, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1123-3673
Zhenan BaoDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. zbao@stanford.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0972-1715
Stanford University · USUniversity of Southern Mississippi · USUniversity of Oxford · GBKorea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Next-generation wearable electronics require enhanced mechanical robustness and device complexity. Besides previously reported softness and stretchability, desired merits for practical use include elasticity, solvent resistance, facile patternability and high charge carrier mobility. Here, we show a molecular design concept that simultaneously achieves all these targeted properties in both polymeric semiconductors and dielectrics, without compromising electrical performance. This is enabled by covalently-embedded in-situ rubber matrix (iRUM) formation through good mixing of iRUM precursors with polymer electronic materials, and finely-controlled composite film morphology built on azide crosslinking chemistry which leverages different reactivities with C-H and C=C bonds. The high covalent crosslinking density results in both superior elasticity and solvent resistance. When applied in stretchable transistors, the iRUM-semiconductor film retained its mobility after stretching to 100% strain, and exhibited record-high mobility retention of 1 cm

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