Food‐Based Edible and Nutritive Electronics. Issue 11 (21st September 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Xu, Wenwen; Yang, Haokai; Zeng, Wei; Houghton, Todd; Wang, Xu; Murthy, Raghavendra; Kim, Hoejin; Lin, Yirong; Mignolet, Marc; Duan, Huigao; Yu, Hongbin; Slepian, Marvin; Jiang, Hanqing
• Is Part Of: Advanced materials technologies. Volume 2:Issue 11(2017)
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• Publication Date: 2017-09-21
• Subjects: biodegradable materials -- edible electronics -- electronic devices -- food materials -- gastrointestinal tract; Materials science -- Periodicals; Technological innovations -- Periodicals; Materials science; Technological innovations; Periodicals; 620.1105
• DOI: 10.1002/admt.201700181
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2365-709X

Abstract

Abstract: A new class of electronic materials derived predominantly from natural foods and foodstuffs, with minimal levels of inorganic materials, is developed and studied to build edible electronic components and devices compatible with the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. A "toolkit" of food‐based electronic materials, fabrication schemes, basic device components, and functional devices with integrated sensing and wireless signal transmission is reported. These new materials establish the possibility to extend GI electronic devices beyond the ingested nondegradable systems to edible and nutritive systems, in which the described materials may be ingested and assimilated as metabolized nutrients. This study represents a new era of edible electronics with the potential to revolutionize modern biomedical technologies and devices. Abstract : A new class of electronic materials derived predominantly from natural foods and foodstuffs, with certain levels of inorganic materials, is developed and studied to build edible electronic components and devices compatible with the gastrointestinal tract. A "toolkit" of food‐based electronic materials, fabrication schemes, basic device components, and functional devices with integrated sensing and wireless signal transmission is reported.