Transient Electronics: Wireless Microfluidic Systems for Programmed, Functional Transformation of Transient Electronic Devices (Adv. Funct. Mater. 32/2015)

Abstract

The functions and characteristics of electronic devices are modified on‐demand by wirelessly triggered etching via the use of wireless microfluidic devices. J. A. Rogers and co‐workers show, on page 5100, that functional transformations of target constituent components are achieved by dissolving the strategy point of circuit with etching solution injected through microfluidic channels on demand.

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