Biocompatible and totally disintegrable semiconducting polymer for ultrathin and ultralightweight transient electronics
Abstract
Organic electronics, particularly polymers, can be synthesized and processed with low temperatures and, more importantly, have the potential to be environmentally benign candidates for electronic applications. However, there has been no report of totally decomposable polymer semiconductors. Their availability will enable low-cost and fully disintegrable transient electronics. We have developed an innovative concept based on imine chemistry that allows totally disintegrable and biocompatible semiconducting polymers. Using an ultrathin biodegradable substrate, we successfully fabricated polymer transistors and logic circuits that show high performance and are ultralightweight, but they can be fully disintegrable. Our work significantly advances organic materials to enable environmentally friendly and biointegrated electronic applications.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- May 01, 2017
- Source ID
- 10.1073/pnas.1701478114
Entities
People
- Allister F. Mcguire
- Hung-cheng Lin
- Jeffrey B.-H. Tok
- Jia Liu
- Kwang-ting Cheng
- Leilai Shao
- Leo Shaw
- Ming Guan
- Raphael Pfattner
- Ting Lei
- Tsung-ching Huang
- Zhenan Bao
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Hewlett Packard Labs
- Stanford University
- United States Department of Energy
- University of California