Printed skin-like large-area flexible sensors and actuators

In ambient electronics in the next generation, multiple electronic objects are scattered on walls, ceilings or in imaginative locations and interact each other to enhance safety, security and convenience. For implementation of many electronic objects in our daily life, large-area sheet-type flexible devices are expected to play an important role. In this paper, we review recent progress and future prospects of printed skin-like large-area flexible sensors and actuators. Moreover, the issues and the future prospect of flexible devices such as printed plastic MEMS devices and organic transistors will be addressed from the view point of ambient electronics.