Guh-Hwan Lim

Highly Stretchable Polymer Transistors Consisting Entirely of Stretchable Device Components

M. Shin, J. H. Song, Prof. U. Jeong Department of Materials Science and Engineering Yonsei University 134 Shinchon-dong , Seoul , Korea E-mail: ujeong@yonsei.ac.kr G.-H. Lim, Prof. B. Lim School of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering Sungkyunkwan University Suwon 440–746 , Korea Dr. J.-J. Park Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology Mt.14–1, Nongseo-Dong, Giheung-Gu, Yongin-Si , Gyeonggi-Do , 446–712 , Korea

Highly stretchable patterned gold electrodes made of Au nanosheets.

Multilayered Au nanosheets are suggested as a novel class of material for fabricating stretchable electrodes suitable for organic-based electronic devices. The electrodes show no difference in resistivity during repeated stretching cycles of up to ϵ = 40%.

Enhanced light harvesting in bulk heterojunction photovoltaic devices with shape-controlled Ag nanomaterials: Ag nanoparticles versus Ag nanoplates

Enhanced power conversion efficiency (PCE(%)) with improved optical path length from two types of shape controlled silver (Ag) materials (Ag nanoplates versus Ag nanoparticles (NPs)) was studied in poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT)/[6,6]-phenyl C71 butyric acid methyl-ester (PC71BM) or poly[N-9′′-hepta-decanyl-2,7-carbazole-alt-5,5-(4′,7′-di-2-thienyl-2′,1′,3′-benzothiadiazole)] (PCDTBT)/[6,6]-phenyl C71 butyric acid methyl-ester (PC71BM) bulk heterojunction (BHJ) devices. The Ag nanoplates and Ag NPs can be synthesized by simple solution polyol chemistry with well defined size and shape. A BHJ with a 0.5 wt% optimized blend ratio of Ag nanoplates shows improved cell performance and photo-current density than a BHJ with Ag NPs owing to the enhanced light absorption with the results of an excitation of localized surface plasmon and efficient light scattering by the Ag nanoplates embedded BHJ film. When the BHJ is combined with the Ag nanoplates at an optimized ratio of 0.5 wt%, the PCE (%) increases from 3.2% to 4.4% in P3HT/PC71BM, and from 5.9% to 6.6% in PCDTBT/PC71BM BHJ devices.

Highly sensitive, tunable, and durable gold nanosheet strain sensors for human motion detection

We report highly sensitive, tunable, and durable strain sensors based on a simple structure consisting of a multilayered film of gold (Au) nanosheets as a sensing layer on a highly stretchable Ecoflex substrate. The high sensitivity of the sensor at different levels of strain was achieved by controlling the stacking number of micrometer-sized Au nanosheets with a thickness of ∼20 nm, which enabled the control of piezoresisitivity of the sensing layer through the change in contact resistance between Au nanosheets under mechanical bending and stretching. The Au nanosheet-based strain sensors exhibited excellent electrical stability without degradation in sensing-performance even after 10 000 stretching cycles. Our highly sensitive, reproducible, tunable, and durable strain sensors were demonstrated to monitor large-scale body motions such as bending, walking, jumping, and squatting, as well as to detect small skin strains induced by minute movements of muscles upon breathing, speaking, and coughing.

Organic-Stabilizer-Free Polyol Synthesis of Silver Nanowires for Electrode Applications

The polyol reduction of a Ag precursor in the presence of an organic stabilizer, such as poly(vinylpyrrolidone), is a widely used method for the production of Ag nanowires (NWs). However, organic capping molecules introduce insulating layers around each NW. Herein we demonstrate that Ag NWs can be produced in high yield without any organic stabilizers simply by introducing trace amounts of NaCl and Fe(NO3 )3 during low-temperature polyol synthesis. The heterogeneous nucleation and growth of Ag NWs on initially formed AgCl particles, combined with oxidative etching of unwanted Ag nanoparticles, resulted in the selective formation of long NWs with an average length of about 40 μm in the absence of a capping or stabilizing effect provided by surface-adsorbing molecules. These organic-stabilizer-free Ag NWs were directly used for the fabrication of high-performance transparent or stretchable electrodes without a complicated process for the removal of capping molecules from the NW surface.

Fabrication of flexible magnetic papers based on bacterial cellulose and barium hexaferrite with improved mechanical properties

We report on a simple approach to fabricate mechanically robust magnetic cellulose papers containing M-type barium hexaferrite (BaFe12O19) nanoplates. BaFe12O19 nanoplates were synthesized by a hydrothermal method and then chemically functionalized by using a silane coupling agent. The magnetic cellulose papers prepared with the silane-treated BaFe12O19 nanoplates exhibited improved mechanical properties with tensile strength of 58.5 MPa and Young’s modulus of 2.95 GPa.

Mechanically Robust Magnetic Carbon Nanotube Papers Prepared with CoFe2O4 Nanoparticles for Electromagnetic Interference Shielding and Magnetomechanical Actuation

The introduction of inorganic nanoparticles into carbon nanotube (CNT) papers can provide a versatile route to the fabrication of CNT papers with diverse functionalities, but it may lead to a reduction in their mechanical properties. Here, we describe a simple and effective strategy for the fabrication of mechanically robust magnetic CNT papers for electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding and magnetomechanical actuation applications. The magnetic CNT papers were produced by vacuum filtration of an aqueous suspension of CNTs, CoFe2O4 nanoparticles, and poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA). PVA plays a critical role in enhancing the mechanical strength of CNT papers. The magnetic CNT papers containing 73 wt % of CoFe2O4 nanoparticles exhibited high mechanical properties with Youngs modulus of 3.2 GPa and tensile strength of 30.0 MPa. This magnetic CNT paper was successfully demonstrated as EMI shielding paper with shielding effectiveness of ∼30 dB (99.9%) in 0.5-1.0 GHz, and also as a magnetomechanical actuator in an audible frequency range from 200 to 20 000 Hz.

Measurement of the third order non-linearity of gold-graphene hybrid nanocomposite for near-infrared wavelengths

We present measurements of nonlinear refraction (NLR) and nonlinear absorption (NLA) of single crystalline gold nanosheets (single crystalline-GNSs) and sputter coated polycrystalline thin gold metal film hybridized with multilayer grapheme (MLG) using Z-Scan technique for near-infrared wavelengths (NIR) ranging from 700 nm to 900 nm. Single crystalline GNSs of 20 nm thickness were prepared through chemical synthesis. MLG was found to have few monolayers of graphene, usually between 1-7 layers with an average of 4 monolayer thickness. The composite of GNSs and MLG was prepared by drop casting GNSs on MLG. Z-Scan experimental was carried out using Ti:sapphire femtosecond pulsed laser (700 nm - 900 nm wavelength, 115-130 fs pulse width and 0.82 MHz-82 MHz repetition rate). Intensity dependence on open aperture Z-scan was studied in detail for all materials. The NLA of polycrystalline thin gold metal film was found to be fractionally higher than that of single crystalline-GNSs. This is thought to be due to field enhancement around of gold islands formed on polycrystalline thin gold metal film during sputtering process. At higher repetition rates NLA phenomenon is diminished due to the temperature accumulation effect. As the repetition rate decreases the nonlinear effect is enhanced. On the other hand MLG exhibited saturable absorption (NSA) . Z-Scan results for single crystalline and poly crystalline gold-MLG nanocomposite exhibit NSA characteristics. The measured NSA coefficient ‘α’ was found to be approximately ≈1.7×10-5-4.5×10-5 cmW-1 which is lower than that of MLG, clearly demonstrating the effect of hybridization.

Single layer graphene band hybridization with silver nanoplates: Interplay between doping and plasmonic enhancement

In this paper, we report single layer graphene (SLG) hybridized with silver nanoplates, in which nanoplates act as either a charge doping or a field enhancement source for the SLG Raman spectrum. Surprisingly, the stiffening of both G and 2D peaks of more than 10 cm−1 was observed with no plasmonic enhancement of peaks, indicating that p-doping from nanoplates on SLG is occurring. Such observation is explained in terms of the contact separation distance between the graphene and the silver nanoplates being enough (∼4 A) to cause a Fermi level shift in graphene to allow p-doping. When nanoplates were modified in shape with laser irradiation by either photothermal plasmon printing or laser induced ablation, the charge doping was lifted and the strong plasmonic enhancement of Raman signals was observed, indicating that the separation distance is increased. Further, when the nanoplates are oxidized, the two effects on the Raman bands of SLG are turned off, returning the Raman signals back to the original SLG s...