On randomness and reliability of electronic devices: A case-study of thick dielectrics

The Physics of Nanonet Fabrics and Its Applications in Electronic, Opto-electronic, Biosensing, Energy Storage, and MEMS Devices and Systems

“…1a. The key challenge of understanding electrical conduction through network of CNT or SiNW is that the conduction cannot be described by ohm's law, but rather must be understood in terms of a heterogeneous, nonlinear, percolation model (8,19,21,22,23). Percolation theory accounts for the fact that for the networked channel in Fig.…”

“…For further details of these ideas and application to modern TFTs, we refer the reader to the NCN/Intel lecture series posted at Ref. (8).…”

“…Over the years, lower-cost options based on organics and polymers on plastic substrates have emerged as promising options for wide variety of technologies (4,5,6,7,8). Indeed, many envision a not-so-distant future when flexible sensor skin will wrap an aircraft -finding structural faults before X-rays can, that a foldable antenna will be unfurled in the remotest corner of the earth for better reception and easier communication, and that the installation of low-cost flexible PV on rooftop will be an easy weekend task (1,2).…”