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. 2023 Aug 5;123(16):9982–10078. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00139

Table 3. Representative Physical Properties of Various Insulating Polymeric Materials for Transparent Wearable Electronics.

  PET PI PEN PC PU parylene PDMS ecoflex
Young’s modulus 1.57–5.20 GPa 0.107–46.9 GPa 5.00–5.50 GPa 1.79–3.24 GPa 0.00114–3.54 GPa 2.8–3.0 GPa 1.32–2.97 MPa 0.05–0.1 MPa
tensile strength (ultimate) 22.0–95.0 MPa 0.0480–345 MPa 200 MPa 28.0–75.0 MPa 0.138–65.0 MPa 48.3–68.9 GPa 6.7 MPa 0.37–1.7 MPa
elongation (yield) (%) 4.00–6.00 2.00–90.0   3.00–60.0   2.4–2.9    
elongation (break) (%) 40.0–600 0.350–200 60 10.0–138 0.400–1300 10–250 135 800–900
refractive Index 1.575 1.68–1.78 1.7 1.58 1.5–1.7 1.59–1.66 1.4 1.4
transmittance good poor good good good good good poor
glass transition temperature (°C) 70.0–78.0 –20.0–385 120 141–150 –46.0–40.0 13–66 –120 –33
melting temperature (°C) 200–260 247–388 270 288–316 80.0 290–435 –40  
specific heat capacity (J/g K) 1.00–1.50 0.920–1.13 2.59 1.17–1.70   0.711–0.837 1.38  
thermal conductivity (W/m K) 0.190–0.290 0.0330–1.73 0.18 0.173–0.210 0.140–0.390 0.081–1.000 0.27