MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641050418 A) filed by Bapatla Surendra Babu; and Irukumalli Priyanka, Tenali, Andhra Pradesh, on April 20, for 'strain-yielded nano-gap adaptive percolation for self-healing electrical continuity apparatus exploiting quantum tunneling.'
Inventor(s) include Bapatla Surendra Babu; and Irukumalli Priyanka.
The application for the patent was published on May 1, under issue no. 18/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to flexible optoelectronics and solid-state quantum tunneling mechanisms. A technical problem in foldable displays is the catastrophic loss of electrical continuity due to fatigue-induced fracture of metallic traces across dynamic fold zones. The proposed solution is an apparatus that intentionally harnesses mechanical fracture to form a functional, self-healing routing network. A foldable display device (110) features thin-film conductive traces (130) spanning an operational fold zone (120). Bending strain induces controlled fracture, creating a distributed array of micro-cracks (140). Exposed micro-crack fracture faces (510) form a 1.0 to 2.0 nm thick self-limiting native oxide dielectric barrier (210). Physical overlap between these faces establishes a statistically continuous percolation network (220) comprised of quantum tunnel junctions (230), guaranteeing electrical signal continuity (240) without contiguous metal. A system controller (320) dynamically measures a variable tunneling resistance (310) modulated by the fold geometry to output high-precision fold-angle telemetry (330), utilizing structural damage as a continuous functional sensor."
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