Programmable spinning of integrated circuit fibers

Programmable spinning of integrated circuit fibers | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Article Programmable spinning of integrated circuit fibers Gang Wang, Fengqiang Sun, Fen Jiang, Kaige Wang, Weichu Chen, and 8 more This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-7818608/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Under Review Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Embedding circuit-level functionality directly into fibers would fundamentally reconfigure how we construct, integrate, and wear intelligent systems. Here, we report a scalable microfluidic encoding strategy to fabricate integrated circuit fibers (IC fibers) that support multiple essential electronic functions within a continuous, deformable architecture. By dynamically encoding modular functional layers within each fiber, we fabricate four distinct types of integrated circuit (IC) fibers, each emulating a core electronic function: electroluminescent IC (EL-IC) fibers for light emission, resistor and capacitor IC (RC-IC) fibers for analog signal processing, organic electrochemical transistors IC (OECT-IC) fibers for digital logic operations, and electroquasistatic IC (EQS-IC) fibers for wireless, contactless sensing and control. In a departure from conventional methods that embed discrete devices, our approach redefines the fiber itself as the active circuit element. We demonstrate that the fibers can be woven, sewn, or arranged into textiles capable of full-color displays, real-time analog filtering, logic gating, free-space spatial tracking, and remote robotic control. This fiber-as-circuit architecture offers a foundational platform for reimagining textiles not as passive substrates, but as active computing media. Physical sciences/Materials science/Materials for devices/Electronic devices Physical sciences/Engineering/Electrical and electronic engineering Physical sciences/Materials science/Soft materials Full Text Additional Declarations There is NO Competing Interest. 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