image: Illustration of the production process of a flexible, biocompatible microdie array, culminating in a system that can conform to the surface of a brain model, with dense arrays aligned to areas of primary sensory cortex. view more
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Researchers report schemes for building high-performance electronic systems in flexible, biocompatible forms capable of stable operation with projected lifespans of several decades and at size scales that approach those of complete human organs; as an example, the study describes a system that incorporates microscale silicon electronic components and light emitting diodes, with layouts customized to the size and functional heterogeneity of the human brain, for optoelectronic signaling and/or electrophysiological monitoring.
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Article #19-07697: "Flexible electronic/optoelectronic microsystems with scalable designs for chronic biointegration," by Enming Song et al.
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Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences