Journal of Materiomics

Journal of Materiomics

Volume 6, Issue 2, June 2020, Pages 385-396
Journal of Materiomics

Flexible oxide epitaxial thin films for wearable electronics: Fabrication, physical properties, and applications

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Highlights

  • Oxide epitaxial thin films with flexible, lightweight and wearable are promising for the applications in wearable devices.

  • The fabrication, physical properties and applications of the flexible oxide epitaxial thin films were summarized.

  • The perspectives and challenges on flexible oxide thin films for wearable electronics have been also addressed.

Abstract

Recently, flexible oxide epitaxial thin films are of increasing interests owing to their excellent physical properties and wide applications. The oxide epitaxial thin films with flexible, lightweight and wearable are promising for the applications in flexible and wearable devices, such as flexible sensors, flexible detectors, flexible oscillators, flexible spintronics, wearable displays and electronic skin, etc. This review aims to summarize the fabrication, physical properties and applications of the flexible oxide epitaxial thin films for wearable electronics in most recent few years. The fabrication of flexible oxide epitaxial thin films reviewed here mainly includes the deposition on flexible substrates at high temperature and epitaxial lift-off (ELO) from rigid substrates. The physical properties and applications of flexible oxide epitaxial thin films reviewed here chiefly focus on the area of electricity and magnetism, including stable and tunable physical properties in the flexible oxide epitaxial thin films. In final, the perspectives and challenges of flexible oxide thin films for wearable electronics have been also addressed.

Keywords

Flexible
Epitaxial thin films
Fabrication
Physical properties

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Wenlong Liu received the Ph.D. degree in Electronic Science and Technology from Xi’an Jiaotong University in 2019. He is currently working in School of Electronic Information and Artificial Intelligence, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi’an, China. His research interests are focused on flexible oxide thin film materials with electric and magnetic properties.

Hong Wang is a Chair Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China. Her main research interests include dielectric materials, ceramic-polymer composites, and dielectric measurements for applications in passive integration and electronic devices. She has authored and co-authored more than 250 peer-reviewed papers and 2 book chapters. She holds 28Chinese patents and 1 U S. patent and has presented over 50 invited talks in international academic conferences. She is the chair of Asian Electroceramic Association (AECA), a member of IEEE Ferroelectric Standing committee, and an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics & Frequency Control.

Peer review under responsibility of The Chinese Ceramic Society.