Transient Electronic Circuit Dissolving (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Transient Electronic Circuit Dissolving

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A biodegradable integrated circuit during dissolution in water. This demonstration system includes transistors, diodes, inductors and capacitors, composed of magnesium electrodes/interconnects, magnesium oxide gate/interlayer dielectrics, and silicon nanomembrane semiconductors, all on a thin film of silk. The device is approximately one inch long.

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Beckman Institute, University of Illinois and Tufts University

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