The rapid development of flexible electronics enables a huge amount of bio-integrated applications with advantages of the mechanical compliance, stretchability and comformability of the devices. My dissertation further advances this area by a series of projects, which include designing and optimizing novel compliant structures, proposing novel elastomer encapsulation process for the robust protection for stretchable devices, applying novel 3D structures to enable fully integrated health-monitoring system and compliant thermoelectric energy harvesting system, designing novel 3D self-assembled structures, and exploring the applications of 3D mesostructures.

Creator

• Li, Kan

DOI

• https://doi.org/10.21985/n2-v6tj-rw35

Subject

• Electrical engineering
• Mechanical engineering
• Fluid mechanics

Language

• en

Alternate Identifier

• etdadmin_upload_635054
• http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:14498

Keyword

• Three-dimensional Assembly
• Wearable electronics
• Mechanical Design and Analysis
• Stretchable and flexible electronics
• Thermo-electric Energy Harvester
• Microflyer

Date created

• 2018-01-01

Resource type

• Dissertation

Rights statement

• In Copyright