Journal article
A Silk Fibroin Bio-Transient Solution Processable Memristor
Jason Yong, Basem Hassan, You Liang, Kumaravelu Ganesan, Ranjith Rajasekharan, Robin Evans, Gary Egan, Omid Kavehei, Jingliang Li, Gursharan Chana, Babak Nasr, Efstratios Skafidas
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS | NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2017
Abstract
Today's electronic devices are fabricated using highly toxic materials and processes which limits their applications in environmental sensing applications and mandates complex encapsulation methods in biological and medical applications. This paper proposes a fully resorbable high density bio-compatible and environmentally friendly solution processable memristive crossbar arrays using silk fibroin protein which demonstrated bipolar resistive switching ratio of 104 and possesses programmable device lifetime characteristics before the device gracefully bio-degrades, minimizing impact to environment or to the implanted host. Lactate dehydrogenase assays revealed no cytotoxicity on direct exposu..
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Awarded by Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Integrative Brain Function (ARC Centre)
Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Integrative Brain Function (ARC Centre Grant CE140100007). This work was partially performed at the Experimental Condensed Matter Physics (ECMP) department at the University of Melbourne and Micro-Nano Research Facility (MNRF) at the RMIT University. The authors acknowledge Dr Kumaravelu Ganesan for the cleanroom induction and training as well as A. Prof Jing Liang Li for providing raw materials and support on the silk fibroin protein.