Summary
Conducting polymers such as PEDOT:PSS are central to organic electronics, but in thin-film form they are brittle and tend to crack when stretched — a problem for wearable and flexible devices. This master’s thesis investigates electrospinning as a way to overcome that limitation: by shaping the conductive material into fine fibres, the geometry itself can accommodate deformation, so an intrinsically poorly-stretchable material becomes far more tolerant of strain. The work explores how to electrospin conducting-polymer-based fibres and evaluates their suitability as building blocks for stretchable electronics. It situates electrospun fibre architectures alongside other strategies for making conductors — metals and conducting or semiconducting polymers — deform reversibly, contributing process know-how toward soft, stretchable organic electronic components.