Silk Fibroin for Flexible Electronic Devices

• Published in: Advanced materials (Weinheim) Vol. 28; no. 22; pp. 4250 - 4265
• Main Authors: Zhu, Bowen, Wang, Hong, Leow, Wan Ru, Cai, Yurong, Loh, Xian Jun, Han, Ming-Yong, Chen, Xiaodong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2016
• Subjects: Biocompatibility; biointegrated devices; Biomaterials; Biomedical materials; Electronic devices; Electronics; flexible electronics; Semiconductors; Silk fibroin; Surgical implants; flexible electronics; biomaterials; biointegrated devices; silk fibroin

Flexible electronic devices are necessary for applications involving unconventional interfaces, such as soft and curved biological systems, in which traditional silicon‐based electronics would confront a mechanical mismatch. Biological polymers offer new opportunities for flexible electronic devices...