Today’s electronic devices are fabricated using highly toxic materials and processes which limits their applications in environmental sensing applications and mandates complex encapsulation methods in biological and medical applications. This paper proposes a fully resorbable high density bio-compatible and environmentally friendly solution processable memristive crossbar arrays using silk fibroin protein which demonstrated bipolar resistive switching ratio of 104 and possesses programmable device lifetime characteristics before the device gracefully bio-degrades, minimizing impact to environment or to the implanted host. Lactate dehydrogenase assays revealed no cytotoxicity on direct exposure to the fabricated device and support their environmentally friendly and biocompatible claims. Moreover, the correlation between the oxidation state of the cations and their tendency in forming conductive filaments with respect to different active electrode materials has been investigated. The experimental results and the numerical model based on electro-thermal effect shows a tight correspondence in predicting the memristive switching process with various combinations of electrodes which provides insight into the morphological changes of conductive filaments in the silk fibroin films.
In this paper, we propose a scalable approach toward
all-printed
high-performance metal oxide thin-film transistors (TFTs), using a
high-resolution electrohydrodynamic (EHD) printing process. Direct
EHD micropatterning of metal oxide TFTs is based on diverse precursor
solutions to form semiconducting materials (In2O3, In-Ga-ZnO (IGZO)), conductive metal oxide (Sn-doped In2O3 (ITO)), as well as aluminum oxide (Al2O3) gate dielectric at low temperatures. The fully printed TFT
devices exhibit excellent electron transport characteristics (average
electron mobilities of up to 117 cm2 V–1 s–1), negligible hysteresis, excellent uniformity,
and stable operation at low-operating voltage. Furthermore, integrated
logic gates such as NOT and NAND have been printed and demonstrated.
All-printed logic with individual gating and symmetric input/output
behavior, which is crucial for large-scale integration, is also demonstrated.
The devices and fabrication process described in this paper enable
high-performance and high-reliability transparent electronics.
Additive printing as a low-cost and efficient fabrication technique for thermoelectric device is reviewed targeting the application of energy harvesting from human body.
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