Sputtered Zinc electrodes on Pullulan substrates for flexible biodegradable transient electronics

Andrew Cook; Keri Goodwin; Paul S. Taylor; Ertan Balaban; Maria Alfredsson; Robert J. Horne; David Bird; John C. Batchelor; Alex Casson

Sputtered Zinc electrodes on Pullulan substrates for flexible biodegradable transient electronics

Andrew Cook, Keri Goodwin, Paul S. Taylor, Ertan Balaban, Maria Alfredsson, Robert J. Horne, David Bird, John C. Batchelor, Alex Casson

EEE - Academic & Research

University of Kent

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Abstract

Biodegradable transient electronics, devices which easily breakdown to safe constituent parts at their end of life, are an important emerging research direction for tackling electronic waste, as well as enabling new applications such as wearable health monitors which can easily be washed off the body at the end of use. Pullulan is a widely used edible substrate which naturally biodegrades and has previously been used with Silver tracks for creating transient electronics. However, Silver tracks are not generally biodegradable. This paper demonstrates the creation of Zinc tracks for biodegradable transient devices, where the Zinc is approximately half of the recommended daily allowance to Zinc to be ingested. We demonstrate resistivities in the range 1–10 Ω/□ for potential use in electrode and antenna applications.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IEEE FLEPS 2023
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 21 Apr 2023
Event	The IEEE International Conference on Flexible, Printable Sensors and Systems 2023 - Boston, United States Duration: 9 Jul 2023 → 12 Jul 2023

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Conference	The IEEE International Conference on Flexible, Printable Sensors and Systems 2023
Abbreviated title	IEEE FLEPS 2023
Country/Territory	United States
City	Boston
Period	9/07/23 → 12/07/23

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Sputtered Zinc electrodes on Pullulan substrates for flexible biodegradable transient electronics

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