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Bending Fatigue Study of Sputtered ITO on Flexible Substrate

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Author	Alzoubi, K. Hamasha, M.M. Lu, S. Sammakia, B.
Copyright Year	2005
Abstract	Recently, there has been a tremendous rise in production of portable electronic devices. To produce flexible devices, flexible substrates should replace conventional glass substrates. Indium-tin-oxide (ITO) is the preferred transparent conducting layer used in the display technology. Although ITO has excellent sheet resistance and very good optical properties, ITO can crack at very low tensile strains which might cause failure in the conductive layer because of the unusual structure of a very thin film of brittle ceramic material applied to a polymer substrate. Therefore, the mechanics of ITO on flexible substrates has been thoroughly considered in the design and manufacturing of flexible devices. In a typical roll-to-roll manufacturing process, many challenges exist during the travel of the coated web over the rollers which produce bending stresses that might cause failure even if the stresses are below the yield strength of the material. Therefore, the high cycle bending fatigue of ITO thin films on flexible substrates is of a significant importance. In this work, high cycle bending fatigue experiments were conducted on ITO coated PET substrate. The effect of bending diameter, bending frequency, and sample width on the change in electrical resistance was investigated. High magnification images were obtained to observe crack initiation and propagating in the ITO layer. The goal of this work is to establish a baseline for a comprehensive reliability study of ITO thin films on flexible substrate. It was found that bending diameters as well as the number of bending cycles have a great influence on the electrical conductivity of the ITO layer.
Sponsorship	IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Optical Society of America
Starting Page	593
Ending Page	600
Page Count	8
File Size	1462644
File Format	PDF
ISSN	1551319X
Volume Number	7
Issue Number	11
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2011-11-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Indium tin oxide Resistance Substrates Fatigue Strain Stress Humidity indium tin oxide (ITO) Bending fatigue flexible displays flexible electronics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Condensed Matter Physics Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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