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Mechanics and Designs of Stretchable Bioelectronics

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This chapter reviews mechanics-guided designs that enable highly deformable forms of bioelectronics, through soft, conformal integration of hard functional components with soft elastomeric substrates. Three representative strategies, including wavy, wrinkled design, island-bridge design, and Origami/Kirigami-inspired design, are summarized, highlighting the key design concepts, unique mechanical behaviors, and analytical/computational mechanics models that guide the design optimization. Finally, some perspectives are provided on the remaining challenges and opportunities.

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Zhang, Y. (2016). Mechanics and Designs of Stretchable Bioelectronics. In: Rogers, J., Ghaffari, R., Kim, DH. (eds) Stretchable Bioelectronics for Medical Devices and Systems. Microsystems and Nanosystems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28694-5_3

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