Transactions on Additive Manufacturing Meets Medicine
Vol. 1 No. 1 (2019): Trans. AMMM
https://doi.org/10.18416/AMMM.2019.1909S02T02

Bioelectronic Applications

Aerosol jet fabricated biodegradable antenna for bioelectronics application

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Shweta Agarwala (Department of Engineering, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark), Wai Yee Yeong (School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

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Abstract

Aerosol jet printing is a process under the umbrella of additive manufacturing for conformably putting electronics on unconventional substrates. The project highlights potential of aerosol jet to print conformal and flexible antenna device. Polycaprolactone (PLC) polymer is chosen for it’s biodegradable nature. A flexible scaffold is fabricated using melt-drawn process and pre-treated with gelatin-based hydrogel to reduce surface roughness. Carbon nanotube (CNT) nanomaterial ink is printed directly on the treated PLC, and antenna characteristics are measured.   

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Agarwala, S., & Yeong, W. Y. (2019). Aerosol jet fabricated biodegradable antenna for bioelectronics application. Transactions on Additive Manufacturing Meets Medicine, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.18416/AMMM.2019.1909S02T02