Printable, flexible, and stretchable forms of ultrananocrystalline diamond with applications in thermal management

Abstract

Stretchable ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD) ribbons are created by transfer printing these elements onto a prestrained elastomeric substrate of poly(dimethylsiloxane) followed by release of this prestrain. Transfer printing techniques applied to thin films of UNCD such as these expand the range of potential applications of diamond to include, as an example, thermal management in plastic electronic systems.