title: Biodegradable nanofibrous polymeric substrates for generating elastic and flexible electronics.
abstract: Biodegradable nanofibrous polymeric substrates are used to fabricate suturable, elastic, and flexible electronics and sensors. The fibrous microstructure of the substrate makes it permeable to gas and liquid and facilitates the patterning process. As a proof-of-principle, temperature and strain sensors are fabricated on this elastic substrate and tested in vitro. The proposed system can be implemented in the field of bioresorbable electronics and the emerging area of smart wound dressings.
authors.affiliation: Biomaterials Innovation Research Center, Division of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA; Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA; Department of Chemistry, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, P.O. Box 1587-4413, Iran.
authors.forename: Alireza Hassani
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Najafabadi
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tamayol
authors.forename: Nasim
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Annabi
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ochoa
authors.forename: Pooria
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mostafalu
authors.forename: Mohsen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akbari
authors.forename: Mehdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nikkhah
authors.forename: Rahim
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rahimi
authors.forename: Mehmet R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Dokmeci
authors.forename: Sameer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sonkusale
authors.forename: Babak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ziaie
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khademhosseini
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001458:Bandages; D002470:Cell Survival; D004548:Elasticity; D017097:Electric Impedance; D055615:Electrical Equipment and Supplies; D007281:Ink; D008422:Materials Testing; D051379:Mice; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D041681:NIH 3T3 Cells; D057139:Nanofibers / Q000737:chemistry*; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D018030:Silver Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D013696:Temperature; D059015:Wireless Technology; D014945:Wound Healing
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers; D018030:Silver Compounds
keywords: biodegradable electronics; elastic devices; implantable sensors; nanofibrous substrates; wound dressings