Brazing techniques for the fabrication of biocompatible carbon-based electronic devices

Nicholas V Apollo; Desmond Lau; Arman Ahnood; Alastair Stacey; Kumaravelu Ganesan; Samantha G Lichter; Kate Fox; Javad Foroughi; Hamish Meffin; Gordon G Wallace; Ray Baughman; Steven Prawer; David J Garrett

Journal article

Brazing techniques for the fabrication of biocompatible carbon-based electronic devices

Nicholas V Apollo, Desmond Lau, Arman Ahnood, Alastair Stacey, Kumaravelu Ganesan, Samantha G Lichter, Kate Fox, Javad Foroughi, Hamish Meffin, Gordon G Wallace, Ray Baughman, Steven Prawer, David J Garrett

CARBON | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD | Published : 2016

DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2016.05.047

Abstract

Prototype electronic devices have been critical to the discovery and demonstration of the unique properties of new materials, including composites based on carbon nanotubes (CNT) and graphene. However, these devices are not typically constructed with durability or biocompatibility in mind, relying on conductive polymeric adhesives, mechanical clamps or crimps, or solders for electrical connections. In this paper, two key metallization techniques are presented that employ commercially-available brazing alloys to fabricate electronic devices based on diamond and carbonaceous wires. Investigation of the carbon - alloy interfacial interactions was utilized to guide device fabrication. The interp..

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University of Melbourne Researchers

Arman Ahnood Author Physics

Steven Prawer Author Physics

Hamish Meffin Author Biomedical Engineering

Alastair Stacey Author Physics

David Garrett Author Physics

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Funding Acknowledgements

Many thanks to David Thomas for assistance with Micro-CT imaging and Owen Burns for insightful technical conversations. NVA is supported by a MMI-CSIRO Material Science PhD Scholarship. DJG is supported by ARC DECRA grant DE130100922. This research was supported by the Australian Research Council (ARC) through its Special Research Initiative (SRI) in Bionic Vision Science and Technology grant to Bionic Vision Australia (BVA). JF is supported by the Australian Research Council under Discovery Early Career Researcher award (Javad Foroughi DE12010517). GGW acknowledges ARC Laureate Fellowship and support through the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science.