Table 2 Physical properties of typical electronic materials.

From: Conforming strategies for bioelectronics on arbitrary surfaces

Material

Young’s modulus

Stretchability

Conductivity

Stability

Cu298

110 GPa

Ductile

6 × 105 S/cm

Fair

Au298

80 GPa

Ductile

4 × 105 S/cm

Good

PI135

1.5–3 GPa

10–70%

Insulative

Good

PDMS139

0.3–1 MPa

100–1000%

Insulative

Good

Silk fibroin149,299

15–18 GPa

~14%

Insulative

Related to forms

Plasticized silk150

0.1–2 MPa

>400%

Insulative

Humidity sensitive

PEDOT:PSS126,300

1–2.7 GPa

~5%

1–4000 S/cm

Fair

PEDOT:PSS-elastomer composite164

5–150 MPa

20–200%

72–545 S/cm

-

PEDOT:PSS-hydrogel composite301

~1 MPa

>400%

~11 S/cm

Good

Ag nanowire network175

-

-

1–100 Ω/sq

Oxidation sensitive

Au-Ag nanowire composite23

5–125 MPa

266–840%

4–7 × 104 S/cm

Good

Ag flakes-surfactant-elastomer composite202

-

~200%

738 S/cm

-

Ag flakes-surfactant-AgNPs-elastomer composite302

-

~400%

~4 × 104 S/cm

-

Carbon nanotube128,177,178

0.3–1.5 TPa

Up to 12%

0.17–2 × 105 S/cm

Good

Graphene128,177,178,195

1 TPa

~25%

1 × 106 S/cm

Good

Graphene-silk fibroin-CaCl2 hybrid206

4–135 MPa

200–600%

0.3–2.1 × 10−3 S/cm

-

Hydrogel132

101–106 Pa

Up to ~103%

Variable

Dehydration sensitive

EGaIn216

Liquid form

3.4 × 104 S/cm

Self-limited oxidation in air

  1. PDMS polydimethylsiloxane, PI polyimide, PEDOT:PSS poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate), AgNPs Ag nanoparticles.