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Tattoo‐Paper Transfer as a Versatile Platform for All‐Printed Organic Edible Electronics
Author(s) -
Bonacchini Giorgio E.,
Bossio Caterina,
Greco Francesco,
Mattoli Virgilio,
Kim YunHi,
Lanzani Guglielmo,
Caironi Mario
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201706091
Subject(s) - electronics , printed electronics , nanotechnology , organic electronics , materials science , disruptive technology , computer science , transistor , manufacturing engineering , electrical engineering , engineering , voltage
Abstract The use of natural or bioinspired materials to develop edible electronic devices is a potentially disruptive technology that can boost point‐of‐care testing. The technology exploits devices that can be safely ingested, along with pills or even food, and operated from within the gastrointestinal tract. Ingestible electronics can potentially target a significant number of biomedical applications, both as therapeutic and diagnostic tool, and this technology may also impact the food industry, by providing ingestible or food‐compatible electronic tags that can “smart” track goods and monitor their quality along the distribution chain. Temporary tattoo‐paper is hereby proposed as a simple and versatile platform for the integration of electronics onto food and pharmaceutical capsules. In particular, the fabrication of all‐printed organic field‐effect transistors on untreated commercial tattoo‐paper, and their subsequent transfer and operation on edible substrates with a complex nonplanar geometry is demonstrated.