Title :
Fully implantable and resorbable metamaterials
Author :
Tao, H. ; Hwang, S. ; Liu, M. ; Panilaitis, B. ; Brenckle, M.A. ; Kaplan, D.L. ; Averitt, R.D. ; Rogers, J.A. ; Omenetto, F.G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Tufts Univ., Medord, MA, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, we present a series of fully implantable and resorbable metamaterial devices constituted by magnesium and silk protein with controllable degradation rate, which can be used for biological tracking and sensing applications.
Keywords :
bioMEMS; biodegradable materials; biomedical equipment; biomedical materials; magnesium; metamaterials; microcavities; micromechanical resonators; microwave materials; molecular biophysics; optical resonators; prosthetics; proteins; Mg; biological tracking; controllable degradation rate; fully implantable metamaterial devices; magnesium; microresonators; resorbable metamaterial devices; sensing applications; silk protein; Antenna measurements; Degradation; Films; Magnesium; Metamaterials; Resonant frequency; Substrates;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
