DOI: 10.1126/science.1226325 ISSN:
A Physically Transient Form of Silicon Electronics
Suk-Won Hwang, Hu Tao, Dae-Hyeong Kim, Huanyu Cheng, Jun-Kyul Song, Elliott Rill, Mark A. Brenckle, Bruce Panilaitis, Sang Min Won, Yun-Soung Kim, Young Min Song, Ki Jun Yu, Abid Ameen, Rui Li, Yewang Su, Miaomiao Yang, David L. Kaplan, Mitchell R. Zakin, Marvin J. Slepian, Yonggang Huang, Fiorenzo G. Omenetto, John A. Rogers- Multidisciplinary
Reversible Implants
Silicon electronics are generally designed to be stable and robust—it would be counterproductive if the key parts of your computer or cell phone slowly dissolved away while you were using it. In order to develop transient electronics for use as medical implants,
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