Transparent Flexible Optoelectronic Devices
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "A：Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 1911
Special Issue Editor
Interests: flexible optoelectronic devices; transparent optoelectronic devices; photothermal conversion; radiative cooling
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Transparent flexible optoelectronics, as an important branch of flexible electronics, is an emerging technology and has attracted increasing attention recently. Transparent flexible optoelectronic devices are not only bendable and stretchable mechanically, but also optically transparent, usually in the visible regime. Therefore, they are more flexible and have potentially much wider applications, compared to traditional optoelectronic devices. They can be easily integrated to existing objects with different shapes, maintaining the visual appearance while making the existing objects more intelligent. They can be designed to have various different functions and thus can be applied widely in, e.g., advanced displays, healthcare, wearable electronics, smart homes, advanced energy, etc. However, to make an optoelectronic device both mechanically flexible and optically transparent while maintaining its high performance is quite challenging, requiring novelty in an interdisciplinary way and collaborative efforts of experts in the fields of physics, chemistry, material, optics, electronics, etc. Optical transparency in the near- and/or mid-infrared regimes is equally as important as visible transparency and allows other applications, e.g., in night vision and optical communication. However, endowing a flexible electronic device with this optical property is more challenging and has not attracted much attention. Accordingly, this Special Issue seeks to showcase research papers, communications, and review articles that focus on: (1) novel designs, fabrication, and characterization of transparent flexible optoelectronic devices with different functionalities; and (2) new developments of applying transparent flexible optoelectronic devices of any kind in consumer electronics, healthcare, smart homes, energy, space, defense, or others.
Dr. Liu Yang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- transparent flexible optoelectronic devices with different functionalities: design, fabrication, and characterization
- transparent flexible optoelectronic device applications: consumer electronics, healthcare, smart homes, energy, space, defense, or others
- transparent or flexible optoelectronic devices and their applications
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