Water-Soluble Glass Substrate as a Platform for Biodegradable Solid-State Devices

Autor: Kwang-Man Lee, Delbert E. Day, Chang-Soo Kim, Mohammad Tayeb Ghasr, Shihab Adnan, Matthew J. O'Keefe
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society, Vol 4, Iss 6, Pp 490-494 (2016)
ISSN: 2168-6734
Popis: A biodegradable glass material is utilized as a novel functional element of solid-state devices. A water-soluble borate glass substrate serves as the structural platform on which thin film device is built. The glass substrate completely dissolves in a saline solution in approximately 40 h. Intentional failure of the spiral device (RLC resonator circuit) as a result of rapid structural disintegration by dissolution is demonstrated in DC, AC, and RF ranges that agrees well with simulation. Adopting water-soluble glass elements is expected to be a viable approach to develop reliable all-inorganic biodegradable devices that are fully functional during an intended operational lifetime followed by rapid degradation.
Databáze: OpenAIRE