Connection-post structures

A transfer-print component structure, comprising:

• a component;
• a substantially planar and continuous electrode disposed on a side of the component;
• and
• stabilizing connection posts extending away and protruding from the side of the component, wherein
• the stabilizing connection posts comprise a first stabilizing connection post having a distal end that is a linear rail with a length greater than a width or a curved rail that is not a closed ring and has a length greater than a width, and a second stabilizing connection post that is a polygonal solid,
• the stabilizing connection posts comprise three distal portions disposed at three spatially separated locations that are not in a common line,
• the three distal portions are closer to an edge of the component first side than to a center of the component first side,
• the stabilizing connection posts comprise a stabilizing connection post having a sharp distal end area smaller than a proximal end area of the stabilizing connection post, and
• the three distal portions define a common plane such that the component is in electrical contact with a contact pad on a target substrate only the three distal portions contact the contact pad on the target substrate.

A transfer-print component structure, comprising:

• a component;
• a substantially planar and continuous single electrode disposed on a side of the component;
• and
• one or more stabilizing connection posts extending away and protruding from the side of the component, wherein
• each of the stabilizing connection posts is electrically conductive and is electrically connected in common to the single electrode,
• the one or more stabilizing connection posts comprise a distal end that is any one or more of a linear rail with a length greater than a width or a curved rail that is not a closed ring with a length greater than a width,
• the one or more stabilizing connection posts comprise three distal portions disposed at three spatially separated locations that are not in a common line,
• the three distal portions are closer to an edge of the component first side than to a center of the component first side,
• the one or more stabilizing connection posts comprise a stabilizing connection post having a sharp distal end area smaller than a proximal end area of the stabilizing connection post, and
• the three distal portions define a common plane such that the component is in electrical contact with a contact pad on a target substrate only the three distal portions contact the contact pad on the target substrate.