Cited by 637GaN-based semiconductor devices and materialsAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsNanowire Synthesis and Applications

Waterproof AlInGaP optoelectronics on stretchable substrates with applications in biomedicine and robotics

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Kim, Rak-Hwan, Kim, Dae-Hyeong, Xiao, Jianliang, Kim, Bong Hoon, Park, Sang-Il, Panilaitis, Bruce, Ghaffari, Roozbeh, Yao, Jimin +11 more·2010·Nature Materials

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Inorganic light-emitting diodes and photodetectors represent important, established technologies for solid-state lighting, digital imaging and many other applications. Eliminating mechanical and geometrical design constraints imposed by the supporting semiconductor wafers can enable alternative uses in areas such as biomedicine and robotics. Here we describe systems that consist of arrays of interconnected, ultrathin inorganic light-emitting diodes and photodetectors configured in mechanically optimized layouts on unusual substrates. Light-emitting sutures, implantable sheets and illuminated plasmonic crystals that are compatible with complete immersion in biofluids illustrate the suitability of these technologies for use in biomedicine. Waterproof optical-proximity-sensor tapes capable of conformal integration on curved surfaces of gloves and thin, refractive-index monitors wrapped on tubing for intravenous delivery systems demonstrate possibilities in robotics and clinical medicine. These and related systems may create important, unconventional opportunities for optoelectronic devices.

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Kim, R.-H., Kim, D.-H., Xiao, J., Kim, B. H., Park, S.-I., Panilaitis, B., Ghaffari, R., Yao, J., Li, M., Liu, Z., Malyarchuk, V., Kim, D. G., Le, A.-P., Nuzzo, R. G., Kaplan, D. L., Omenetto, F. G., Huang, Y., Kang, Z., & Rogers, J. A.
Affiliations
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
  • Northwestern University (US)
  • Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KR)
  • Tufts University (US)
  • MC10 (United States) (US)
  • Institute of High Performance Computing (SG)
  • Dalian University of Technology (CN)
Corresponding author
Rogers, John A.
Venue
Nature Materials
Published
2010-10-17
Volume
9
Issue
11
Pages
929-937
ISSN
  • 1476-1122 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4660
OpenAlex
W1998821319
Cited by
637
References
40
Citations by year
2026: 17 · 2025: 30 · 2024: 35 · 2023: 32 · 2022: 47 · 2021: 39 · 2020: 34 · 2019: 48 · 2018: 49 · 2017: 55 · 2016: 50 · 2015: 47 · 2014: 44 · 2013: 32 · 2012: 43
FWCI
24.36
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Nature Materials (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) (submittedVersion)
  • Seoul National University Open Repository (Seoul National University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation (DE-FG02-07ER46453, DE-FG02-07ER46471, 0328162)
  • U.S. Department of Defense
  • U.S. Department of Energy (DE‐FG02‐, FG02-07ER46453, DEFG0207ER46471, DEFG0207ER46453, FG02-07ER46471)
  • Ford Motor Company
  • National Institutes of Health (EB002520)
  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
  • Samsung
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (P41EB002520)
  • Division of Materials Research
  • Army Research Office (DE-FG02-07ER46471)
  • Army Research Laboratory
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Condensed Matter Physics › GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Nanowire Synthesis and Applications
Keywords
photodetectors, flexible electronics, plasmonic crystals, optical proximity sensor, wearable sensors, robotics, biomedical devices
MeSH terms
Electronics, Medical, Equipment Design, Humans, Lighting, Robotics, Stress, Mechanical, Optical Devices

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