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ArticleACS applied materials & interfaces2026

Polymer Casting and Water Immersion-Based Large-Area Graphene Transfer for Flexible Electronics Fabrication.

Andrea Zuccaro, Ekin G Simsar, Naomi Addai Asante, Tugce Dogruel, Lan Wang, Tejasvini Malakalapalli, Piran R Kidambi, Hasan Erbil Abaci, Margot Damaser, Metin Uz

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Article in ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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10 authors.

Andrea ZuccaroChemical and Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland State University, 2121 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115, United States.
Ekin G SimsarChemical and Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland State University, 2121 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115, United States.
Naomi Addai AsanteChemical and Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland State University, 2121 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115, United States.
Tugce DogruelChemical and Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland State University, 2121 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115, United States.
Lan WangBiomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9620 Carnegie Avenue N Building, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States.
Tejasvini MalakalapalliBiomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9620 Carnegie Avenue N Building, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States.
Piran R KidambiMechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, 939 Center Drive, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-1546-5014
Hasan Erbil AbaciDermatology and Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 622 West 168th Street, New York, New York 10032, United States.
Margot DamaserBiomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9620 Carnegie Avenue N Building, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States.
Metin UzChemical and Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland State University, 2121 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-0341-9264

Funding

Wireless mechano-electrical stimulation of pudendal nerve using piezoelectric platform for stress urinary incontinenceR01DK135472 · NIDDK · CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY · PI Metin Uz · 2023 to 2026
$1.9M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK135472
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Abstract

This study focuses on developing an efficient large-area graphene transfer method that combines high-throughput and precise laser engraving, simple polymer casting, and water immersion to fabricate conductive graphene and biodegradable polymer-based implantable flexible electronic devices. The low-temperature treatment of graphene sheets on a glass substrate reduced graphene sheet roughness and increased hydrophobicity, enabling facile and high-efficiency (∼100%) large-area graphene transfer to a flexible polymer substrate. This method also benefited from differences in the work of adhesion at the graphene sheet/glass substrate and the graphene sheet/flexible polymer substrate interfaces. The transferred graphene sheets showed stability, structural integrity, and high conductivity (∼40 Ω/sq sheet resistance) under in vitro and in vivo mimicking conditions. The low-temperature-treated and laser-engraved conductive graphene patterns, transferred on a flexible and biodegradable polymer substrate, demonstrated in vitro cytocompatibility on different cells. Two flexible electronic devices (1─a graphene coil-integrated electrode cuff and 2─an interdigitated graphene cuff-integrated piezoelectric device) were fabricated using the developed method, and both demonstrated functionality and proof of concept by generating output voltages that can enhance cell/tissue regeneration. In addition, the ease of handling, ex vivo implantation, and feasibility of suturing were demonstrated by performing implantation surgeries on the pudendal nerve in cadaveric rats. Overall, this promising large-area graphene transfer method can be used to fabricate biodegradable, implantable devices that can serve as interfaces to stimulate cells and tissues for regeneration and repair.

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Biocompatible MaterialsElectronicsGraphitePolymersAnimalsElectric ConductivityRatsWaterBiocompatible MaterialsGraphitePolymersWaterbiodegradable and implantable devicescytocompatibilitylarge-area graphene transferpolymer castingwater immersion

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PMCPMC12954665

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