Fabrication of PDMS Nanocomposite Materials and Nanostructures for Biomedical Nanosystems

Recent applications of PDMS nanocomposite materials and nanostructures have dramatically increased in biomedical fields due to optical, mechanical and electrical properties that are controllable by nanoengineering fabrication processes. These applications include biomedical imaging, biosensing, and cellular bioengineering studies using PDMS engineered structures with nanoparticles, nanopillars and functional nanoporous membranes. This article reviews the recent progress of PDMS nanocomposite materials and nanostructures and provides descriptions of various fabrication techniques. Together with these fabrication techniques, we discuss how these nanocomposite PDMS biomedical devices are revolutionizing biomedical science and engineering fields.