With the rapid development of flexible wearable electronic products,their application fields and demands are increasing,posing new challenges to flexible conductive materials.This paper selected flexible polydimethyls...With the rapid development of flexible wearable electronic products,their application fields and demands are increasing,posing new challenges to flexible conductive materials.This paper selected flexible polydimethylsiloxane(PDMS)as the substrate.In order to enhance the adhesion between the substrate and the metal coating,dopamine and silanization were used to co-modify its surface.A conductive layer of metallic copper is deposited on its surface using an inexpensive,easy-to-use electroless plating technique.By optimizing the process conditions,it is found that a uniform copper layer of about 0.6μm can be formed on the surface of the substrate by electroless plating at a constant temperature of 45℃ for 30 min with a conductivity of 5556 S/cm.The relative resistance changes under different deformation conditions,and the I-V curve of the LED circuit is not very different.Therefore,this paper prepared a flexible conductor with excellent electrical conductivity,high coating adhesion,and good electrical stability under large-scale deformation.展开更多
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province(Grant No.2021JJ40463).
文摘With the rapid development of flexible wearable electronic products,their application fields and demands are increasing,posing new challenges to flexible conductive materials.This paper selected flexible polydimethylsiloxane(PDMS)as the substrate.In order to enhance the adhesion between the substrate and the metal coating,dopamine and silanization were used to co-modify its surface.A conductive layer of metallic copper is deposited on its surface using an inexpensive,easy-to-use electroless plating technique.By optimizing the process conditions,it is found that a uniform copper layer of about 0.6μm can be formed on the surface of the substrate by electroless plating at a constant temperature of 45℃ for 30 min with a conductivity of 5556 S/cm.The relative resistance changes under different deformation conditions,and the I-V curve of the LED circuit is not very different.Therefore,this paper prepared a flexible conductor with excellent electrical conductivity,high coating adhesion,and good electrical stability under large-scale deformation.
