ITB - Intelligent Transient Bioelectronics
Duration: 01 November 2025 - 31 October 2030
Funding amount: €5.000.000,00
Funded by: Hector Stiftung
Summary:
This project addresses a fascinating emerging field of research: electronic devices that can be deployed within the human body offer a wide range of possibilities for monitoring and controlling vital functions, for example, in postoperative care. Of particular interest are electronic components made from materials that can be completely resorbed by the body without leaving residues, allowing the devices to disappear entirely after fulfilling their function. Such transient electronics would open up an entirely new field of applications: devices that perform temporary tasks, such as postoperative monitoring, and subsequently do not require surgical removal.
Carbon-based organic electronics are particularly well suited for this purpose. They enable biocompatible and resorbable components with a broad spectrum of electronic and optoelectronic functionalities. Furthermore, they are especially suitable for neuromorphic functions and allow the integration of local data processing and artificial intelligence. To realize this vision, extensive research on materials, devices, and systems is required. We therefore propose the establishment of a Center for Intelligent Transient Bioelectronics at TU Dresden, where this exciting research topic can be explored comprehensively.
The Hector Foundation supports the establishment of a Center for Intelligent Transient Bioelectronics within the framework of the Dresden Integrated Center for Applied Physics and Photonics (IAPP). Through the integration of several research groups and the provision of base funding, a powerful research center will be created. Within this structure, close collaboration between different professorships from physics, electrical engineering, chemistry, and medicine is planned.
Contact:
© Kai Schmidt /IAP
Prof. Dr. Karl Leo
Chair of Optoelectronics
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