Interfacing thin-film electronics with the human body

Dr Stephanie Lacour, Research Fellow

University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

This presentation was given at Printed Electronics USA 2008 on Dec 03, 2008.

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Presentation Summary

Stretchable Bio-Electronics are electronic interfaces designed to undergo extreme and multi-directional deformation,
provide reliable electrical functionality, and be biocompatible.
Fabricating such interfaces require a unique set of design and fabrication rules. Our approach is to use low process temperature, thin-film technology, and elastomeric substrates. Challenges and technological solutions will be highlighted with two examples (prosthetic skin and implants for nerve repair).

Speaker Biography (Stephanie Lacour)

Stéphanie P. Lacour received her M.S. degree in 1998 and Ph.D. in 2001 in Integrated Electronic Devices from the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA) in Lyon, France. From 2001 to 2005, she was on the research staff of the department of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University, NJ to work on thin film electronics on polymeric substrates and stretchable electronics. She joined the University of Cambridge in January 2006 to coordinate a multidisciplinary team that develops compliant regenerative electrodes for nerve repair. Since October 2007, she is a University Research Fellow of the Royal Society leading interdisciplinary research to integrate electronic, transducing, and biologic functions on soft and compliant substrates. In September 2006, she received the Young Innovator award, TR35, from MIT Technology Review. She is also a research fellow of King's College in Cambridge.

Company Profile (University of Cambridge, Dept of Physics)

The University of Cambridge is one of the oldest universities in the world and one of the largest in the United Kingdom. Its reputation for outstanding academic achievement is known world-wide and reflects the intellectual achievement of its students, as well as the world-class original research carried out by the staff of the University and the Colleges.