Is there anyone who knows some flexible polymer substrates for thin film deposition?

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Matthew Neeves

You can use many polymers, preferably ones which do not out-gas (in case of vacuum deposition). PET is one of the most popular and can display particularly good adhesion for films such as ITO etc...

Others include acetates, PMMA etc...

Deniz Bozyigit

Hi Sara,

some people use Kapton (a polyamide film from DuPont). It can be nice for vacuum deposition techniques, as it is quite temperature stable for a flexible material.

Mouhamadou Gueye

You can use PET or Kapton they are both suitable as a substrate for thin film deposition. However Kapton polymer substrate has some captivating physical properties among which we can itemize:High thermal stability up to 650K (compare to PET ), Low electrical conductivity, chemical inertness

Mallikarjunachari G

PVDF is a good flexible substrate for thin film deposition. We can control the flexibility by controlling the thickness.