TY - JOUR
T1 - Dissolution chemistry and biocompatibility of silicon- and germanium-based semiconductors for transient electronics
AU - Kang, Seung Kyun
AU - Park, Gayoung
AU - Kim, Kyungmin
AU - Hwang, Suk Won
AU - Cheng, Huanyu
AU - Shin, Jiho
AU - Chung, Sangjin
AU - Kim, Minjin
AU - Yin, Lan
AU - Lee, Jeong Chul
AU - Lee, Kyung Mi
AU - Rogers, John A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 American Chemical Society.
PY - 2015/5/6
Y1 - 2015/5/6
N2 - Semiconducting materials are central to the development of high-performance electronics that are capable of dissolving completely when immersed in aqueous solutions, groundwater, or biofluids, for applications in temporary biomedical implants, environmentally degradable sensors, and other systems. The results reported here include comprehensive studies of the dissolution by hydrolysis of polycrystalline silicon, amorphous silicon, silicon-germanium, and germanium in aqueous solutions of various pH values and temperatures. In vitro cellular toxicity evaluations demonstrate the biocompatibility of the materials and end products of dissolution, thereby supporting their potential for use in biodegradable electronics. A fully dissolvable thin-film solar cell illustrates the ability to integrate these semiconductors into functional systems.
AB - Semiconducting materials are central to the development of high-performance electronics that are capable of dissolving completely when immersed in aqueous solutions, groundwater, or biofluids, for applications in temporary biomedical implants, environmentally degradable sensors, and other systems. The results reported here include comprehensive studies of the dissolution by hydrolysis of polycrystalline silicon, amorphous silicon, silicon-germanium, and germanium in aqueous solutions of various pH values and temperatures. In vitro cellular toxicity evaluations demonstrate the biocompatibility of the materials and end products of dissolution, thereby supporting their potential for use in biodegradable electronics. A fully dissolvable thin-film solar cell illustrates the ability to integrate these semiconductors into functional systems.
KW - biocompatible materials
KW - bioresorbable electronics
KW - dissoluble semiconductors
KW - thin-film solar cells
KW - transient electronics
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U2 - 10.1021/acsami.5b02526
DO - 10.1021/acsami.5b02526
M3 - Article
C2 - 25867894
AN - SCOPUS:84929008217
SN - 1944-8244
VL - 7
SP - 9297
EP - 9305
JO - ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
JF - ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
IS - 17
ER -