Biodegradable and stretchable polymeric materials for transient electronic devices

Electronic devices have revolutionized society’s trajectories within, and interactions with, the world. The skin on our bodies holds incredible functionalities, such as stretchability and degradability, which only recently are being explored for electronic systems and have the potential to revolutio...

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Published in:MRS bulletin 2020-02, Vol.45 (2), p.96-102
Main Authors: Liu, Kathy, Tran, Helen, Feig, Vivian Rachel, Bao, Zhenan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied and Technical Physics
Biodegradability
Biodegradable materials
Biomedical materials
Bond strength
Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
Chemistry
Dielectric properties
Elasticity
Elastomers
Electric fields
Electronic devices
Electronic systems
Electronics
Electronics industry
Energy Materials
Glycerol
Intersections
Materials Engineering
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Organic chemicals
Organic materials
Polymers
Semiconductors
Stretchability
Tensile strength
Transient Electronic Devices
Transistors
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Summary:Electronic devices have revolutionized society’s trajectories within, and interactions with, the world. The skin on our bodies holds incredible functionalities, such as stretchability and degradability, which only recently are being explored for electronic systems and have the potential to revolutionize device applications and disposal. Polymeric materials are especially poised to realize stretchable and transient electronics. In this article, strategies are reviewed for synthesizing and utilizing biodegradable and elastomeric organic materials, followed by component-specific materials approaches and examples of assembled stretchable and transient systems. Stretchable and biodegradable organic electronic devices will call upon intersections of different fields, which promise to open up new frontiers for electronics in the biomedical, exploratory, sensory, and consumer electronics fields.
ISSN:0883-7694
1938-1425
DOI:10.1557/mrs.2020.24