Fig. 3
From: Design and applications of stretchable and self-healable conductors for soft electronics
a Self-organizing behaviour of Ag nanoparticles under strain. Reproduced with permission [81]. Copyright 2013, Nature Publishing Group. b Synthesis process for very long Ag nanowires, and images (middle) and the NW length distribution graph (right) of lengthened Ag nanowires formed by the SMG method. Reproduced with permission [62]. Copyright 2012, Wiley–VCH. c Sheet resistance versus time of CuNWs based films to show the oxidative stability. Reproduced with permission [82]. Copyright 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry. d Laser-nanowelded stretchable CuNW conductor. Reproduced with permission [84]. Copyright 2014, Wiley–VCH e Schematic illustration of the PEDOT/STEC (left). Conductivity change under strain for PEDOT incorporated with three different enhancers for stretchability and electrical conductivity (STEC) (right). Reproduced with permission [86]. Copyright 2017. American Association for the Advancement of Science