Biology is curved, soft, and elastic; silicon wafers are not. Semiconductor technologies that can bridge this gap in form and mechanics will create new opportunities in devices that adopt biologically inspired designs or require intimate integration with the human body. This talk describes the development of ideas for electronics that offer the performance of state-of-the-art, wafer-based systems but with the mechanical properties of a rubber band. We explain the underlying materials science and mechanics of these approaches, and illustrate their use in bio-integrated, 'tissue-like' electronics with unique capabilities for mapping cardiac electrophysiology, in both endocardial and epicardial modes, and for performing electrocorticography. Demonstrations in live animal models illustrate the functionality offered by these technologies, and suggest several clinically relevant applications.

This talk is sponsored by the Graduate College Focal Point Program and Neuroengineering IGERT.

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

• John Rogers; Charlie Newman; NanoBio Node (2012), "[Illinois] Tissue-like Electronic Interfaces to the Body," https://nanohub.org/resources/14259.

1. Beckman
2. Illinois
3. NanoBio Node
4. Neuroengineering
5. tissue-like electronic interfaces