Flexible Electrode Arrays Based on a Wide Bandgap Semiconductors for Chronic Implantable Multiplexed Sensing and Heart Pacemakers
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Huang, Xinghao
Barton, Matthew
Ashok, Aditya
Al Abed, Amr
Almasri, Reem
Shivdasanic, Mohit N
Reshamwala, Ronak
Ingles, Joshua
Thai, Mai Thanh
Nguyen, Chi Cong
Zhao, Sinuo
Zhang, Xiuwen
Gu, Zi
Vasanth, Arya
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Implantable systems with chronic stability, high sensing performance, and extensive spatial-temporal resolution are a growing focus for monitoring and treating several diseases such as epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, chronic pain, and cardiac arrhythmias. These systems demand exceptional bendability, scalable size, durable electrode materials, and well-encapsulated metal interconnects. However, existing chronic implantable bioelectronic systems largely rely on materials prone to corrosion in biofluids, such as silicon nanomembranes or metals. This study introduces a multielectrode array featuring a wide bandgap (WBG) material as electrodes, demonstrating its suitability for chronic implantable applications. Our devices exhibit excellent flexibility and longevity, taking advantage of the low bending stiffness and chemical inertness in WBG nanomembranes and multimodalities for physical health monitoring, including temperature, strain, and impedance sensing. Our top-down manufacturing process enables the formation of distributed electrode arrays that can be seamlessly integrated onto the curvilinear surfaces of skins. As proof of concept for chronic cardiac pacing applications, we demonstrate the effective pacing functionality of our devices on rabbit hearts through a set of ex vivo experiments. The engineering approach proposed in this study overcomes the drawbacks of prior WBG material fabrication techniques, resulting in an implantable system with high bendability, effective pacing, and high-performance sensing.
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ACS Nano
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19
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Biomedical imaging
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Truong, TA; Huang, X; Barton, M; Ashok, A; Al Abed, A; Almasri, R; Shivdasanic, MN; Reshamwala, R; Ingles, J; Thai, MT; Nguyen, CC; Zhao, S; Zhang, X; Gu, Z; Vasanth, A; Peng, S; Nguyen, T-K; Do, N; Nguyen, N-T; Zhao, H; Phan, H-P, Flexible Electrode Arrays Based on a Wide Bandgap Semiconductors for Chronic Implantable Multiplexed Sensing and Heart Pacemakers, ACS Nano, 2025, 19 (1), pp. 1642-1659