A Bioactive Carbon Nanotube-Based Ink for Printing 2D and 3D Flexible Electronics

Su Ryon Shin; Raziyeh Farzad; Ali Tamayol; Vijayan Manoharan; Pooria Mostafalu; Yu Shrike Zhang; Mohsen Akbari; Sung Mi Jung; Duckjin Kim; Mattia Comotto; Nasim Annabi; Faten Ebrahim Al-Hazmi; Mehmet R Dokmeci; Ali Khademhosseini

doi:10.1002/adma.201506420

A Bioactive Carbon Nanotube-Based Ink for Printing 2D and 3D Flexible Electronics

Adv Mater. 2016 May;28(17):3280-9. doi: 10.1002/adma.201506420. Epub 2016 Feb 24.

Authors

Su Ryon Shin^{1

2

3}, Raziyeh Farzad^{1

2}, Ali Tamayol^{1

2

3}, Vijayan Manoharan^{1

2}, Pooria Mostafalu^{1

2

3}, Yu Shrike Zhang^{1

2

3}, Mohsen Akbari^{1

2

3}, Sung Mi Jung⁴, Duckjin Kim^{1

2}, Mattia Comotto^{1

2}, Nasim Annabi^{1

2

3

5}, Faten Ebrahim Al-Hazmi⁶, Mehmet R Dokmeci^{1

2

3}, Ali Khademhosseini^{1

2

3

6}

Affiliations

¹ Biomaterials Innovation Research Center, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02139, USA.
² Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
³ Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
⁴ Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
⁵ Department of Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02115-5000, USA.
⁶ Department of Physics and Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

The development of electrically conductive carbon nanotube-based inks is reported. Using these inks, 2D and 3D structures are printed on various flexible substrates such as paper, hydrogels, and elastomers. The printed patterns have mechanical and electrical properties that make them beneficial for various biological applications.

Keywords: 3D printing; biomaterials; carbon nanotubes; conductive inks; flexible electronics.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

DNA / chemistry
Electric Conductivity
Electrochemical Techniques
Gelatin / chemistry
Hyaluronic Acid / chemistry
Hydrogels / chemistry
Ink*
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Nanotubes, Carbon / chemistry*
Polyethylene Terephthalates / chemistry
Printing, Three-Dimensional*

Substances

Hydrogels
Nanotubes, Carbon
Polyethylene Terephthalates
Gelatin
Hyaluronic Acid
DNA

Abstract

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MeSH terms

Substances

Grants and funding