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ReviewBiosensors2026

Low-Temperature Sintering Inks for Printed Bioelectronics: Materials, Mechanisms, and Emerging Ideas.

Abhijit Bera, Fei Liu, Matthew R Marander, Ricardo Ortega, Ahmad Mustafa Ahmad Malkawi, Utsav Kumar Dey, Ritinder Sandhu, Tyler P Collins, Shan Jiang

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Review in Biosensors, 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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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Abhijit BeraDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, 528 Bissell Rd, Ames, IA 50012, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7480-5245
Fei LiuDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, 528 Bissell Rd, Ames, IA 50012, USA.
Matthew R MaranderDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, 528 Bissell Rd, Ames, IA 50012, USA.
Ricardo OrtegaDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, 528 Bissell Rd, Ames, IA 50012, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-3080-5155
Ahmad Mustafa Ahmad MalkawiDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, 528 Bissell Rd, Ames, IA 50012, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-1048-0564
Utsav Kumar DeyDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, 528 Bissell Rd, Ames, IA 50012, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0337-1942
Ritinder SandhuDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, 528 Bissell Rd, Ames, IA 50012, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-6874-7483
Tyler P CollinsDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, 528 Bissell Rd, Ames, IA 50012, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-2677-0126
Shan JiangDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, 528 Bissell Rd, Ames, IA 50012, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8119-9012

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Printed electronics have emerged as a versatile manufacturing platform for next-generation biosensors, enabling on-demand and low-cost fabrication of functional devices on flexible, stretchable, and unconventional substrates. One major challenge in this field lies in the sintering of printed features, as conventional high-temperature processing is incompatible with polymeric substrates and thermally sensitive biological components. Low-temperature sintering inks, typically processed below 200 °C or even at room temperature, have become a critical enabling technology for bio-integrated electronics. This review provides an overview of the current state-of-the-art and key challenges associated with low-temperature sintering inks for printed bioelectronics. We discuss inks based on metal nanoparticles, metal-organic decomposition precursors, metal oxides, chalcogenides, and hybrid material systems. The emphasis is on how ink chemistry, ligand selection, and precursor structure govern rheology, stability, and sintering behavior. In addition, key low-temperature sintering and curing strategies, including thermal, photonic, laser, plasma, microwave, and chemical sintering, are compared in terms of energy delivery, densification mechanisms, and substrate compatibility. Finally, we outline emerging directions towards low temperature and room-temperature sintering inks, and sustainable biobased ink formulations, and discuss their applications for wearable, implantable, and soft biosensing platforms.

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Biosensing TechniquesElectronicsInkPrintingTemperaturebio-integrated electronicsbiosensorsconductive inksflexible electronicslow-temperature sinteringmetal–organic decomposition inksnanoparticle inksprinted electronics

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PMID42041427
PMCPMC13114235

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