Biodegradable polymeric materials for flexible and degradable electronics

Biodegradable electronics have great potential to reduce the environmental footprint of electronic devices and avoid secondary removal implantable health monitors therapeutic electronics. Benefiting from intensive innovation on biodegradable nanomaterials, current transient can realize full components’ degradability. However, design materials with tissue-comparable flexibility, desired dielectric properties, suitable biocompatibility programmable biodegradability will always be a challenge explore subtle trade-offs between these parameters. In this review, we firstly discuss general chemical structure degradation behavior polymeric that been widely studied for various applications. Then, specific properties different degradable polymer such as biocompatibility, biodegradability, flexibility were compared evaluated real-life Complex related strategies enhanced functionality aimed components including substrates, insulators, conductors semiconductors in complex are further researched discussed. Finally, typical applications sensing, drug delivery, energy storage integrated systems highlighted. This paper critically reviews significant progress made field highlights future prospects.