Toward organic electronics with properties inspired by biological tissue

Deformable Tissue Parameterized by Properties of Real Biological Tissue

Realistic mechanical models of biological soft tissues are a key issue to allow the implementation of reliable systems to aid on orthopedic diagnosis and surgery planning. We are working to develop a computerized soft tissues model for bio-tissues based on a mass-spring-like approach. In this work we present several experiments towards the parameterization of our model from the elastic properti...

Biologically-Inspired Electronics with Memory Circuit Elements

Several unique properties of biological systems, such as adaptation to natural environment, or of animals to learn patterns when appropriately trained, are features that are extremely useful, if emulated by electronic circuits, in applications ranging from robotics to solution of complex optimization problems, traffic control, etc. In this chapter, we discuss several examples of biologically-in...

Organic and Printed Electronics for Biological Microfluidic Applications

Chapter 28. Organic Optics and Electronics Organic Optics and Electronics

Alternating current thin-film electroluminescent (AC-TFEL) devices already occupy a segment of the large-area, high-resolution, flat-panel-display market. The AC-TFEL displays, which consist of a phosphor layer, such as manganese doped-zinc sulfide (ZnS:Mn), vertically sandwiched between two insulators that are contacted by electrodes, are robust, possess long lifetimes, and offer high luminanc...

Polymeric Thin Films for Organic Electronics: Properties and Adaptive Structures

This review deals with the correlation between morphology, structure and performance of organic electronic devices including thin film transistors and solar cells. In particular, we report on solution processed devices going into the role of the 3D supramolecular organization in determining their electronic properties. A selection of case studies from recent literature are reviewed, relying on ...