A Silk Fibroin Bio-Transient Solution Processable Memristor.

ABSTRACT: 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

SUBMITTER: Yong J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5676789 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature