Reconfigurable, Multifunctional Origami Electronic Membranes for Mechanical and Environmental Sensing

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Main Authors: Yao, Yao, Li, Guanghui, Ning, Xin
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Published: 2024
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author Yao, Yao
Li, Guanghui
Ning, Xin
author_facet Yao, Yao
Li, Guanghui
Ning, Xin
contents This work introduces a concept of origami electronic membranes that leverages the design and fabrication of flexible electronics and the mechanical behavior of engineering origami to achieve unique multifunctional, shape-reconfigurable, and adaptive membranes for mechanical and environmental sensing in benign and harsh conditions. This paper presents the materials, design, and fabrication methods for realizing six origami electronic membranes capable of reconfiguring planar or three-dimensional shapes based on the modified flasher, Kresling, Miura-ori, circular, letter, and Tachi-Miura origami patterns. These origami-based, thin-film flexible electronics can obtain both expansion and folding of their shapes, as well as transformation between different geometries. The origami electronic membranes can achieve mechanical and environmental sensing functions such as measuring motions, mechanical strains, temperatures, UV light, and humidity. The results reported here demonstrate the promise of combining engineering origami with flexible electronics to advance the state-of-the-art in multifunctional foldable and deployable electronics and systems.
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spellingShingle Reconfigurable, Multifunctional Origami Electronic Membranes for Mechanical and Environmental Sensing
Yao, Yao
Li, Guanghui
Ning, Xin
Applied Physics
This work introduces a concept of origami electronic membranes that leverages the design and fabrication of flexible electronics and the mechanical behavior of engineering origami to achieve unique multifunctional, shape-reconfigurable, and adaptive membranes for mechanical and environmental sensing in benign and harsh conditions. This paper presents the materials, design, and fabrication methods for realizing six origami electronic membranes capable of reconfiguring planar or three-dimensional shapes based on the modified flasher, Kresling, Miura-ori, circular, letter, and Tachi-Miura origami patterns. These origami-based, thin-film flexible electronics can obtain both expansion and folding of their shapes, as well as transformation between different geometries. The origami electronic membranes can achieve mechanical and environmental sensing functions such as measuring motions, mechanical strains, temperatures, UV light, and humidity. The results reported here demonstrate the promise of combining engineering origami with flexible electronics to advance the state-of-the-art in multifunctional foldable and deployable electronics and systems.
title Reconfigurable, Multifunctional Origami Electronic Membranes for Mechanical and Environmental Sensing
topic Applied Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.07731