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ArticleMicromachines2020

Energy Band Gap Investigation of Biomaterials: A Comprehensive Material Approach for Biocompatibility of Medical Electronic Devices.

Ashkan Shafiee, Elham Ghadiri, Jareer Kassis, David Williams, Anthony Atala

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Article in Micromachines, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Ashkan ShafieeWake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, NC 27101, USA.
Elham GhadiriWake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, NC 27101, USA.
Jareer KassisWake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, NC 27101, USA.
David WilliamsWake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, NC 27101, USA.
Anthony AtalaWake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, NC 27101, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the past ten years, tissue engineering has witnessed significant technological and scientific advancements. Progress in both stem cell science and additive manufacturing have established new horizons in research and are poised to bring improvements in healthcare closer to reality. However, more sophisticated indications such as the scale-up fabrication of biological structures (e.g., human tissues and organs) still require standardization. To that end, biocompatible electronics may be helpful in the biofabrication process. Here, we report the results of our systematic exploration to seek biocompatible/degradable functional electronic materials that could be used for electronic device fabrications. We investigated the electronic properties of various biomaterials in terms of energy diagrams, and the energy band gaps of such materials were obtained using optical absorption spectroscopy. The main component of an electronic device is manufactured with semiconductor materials (i.e., E

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advanced biomanufacturingbiomaterialbio-optoelectronicsEnergy band gapOptical absorption

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PMID31963748
PMCPMC7019985

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