State-of-Art in Transient Electronics

Dear colleagues,

More sustainable and “green” electronic devices are needed; now more than ever.

With the linear economy that prevails, our modern digital technologies continue to generate alarming quantities of electronic waste (e-waste). E-waste has become a paramount concern which must be addressed urgently. Indeed, many electronic devices comprise toxic materials (e.g., cadmium, mercury, lead, etc.) that create both environmental and health risks. Managing and recycling e-waste properly, however, remains a challenging process. With the potential to profoundly transform the lifecycle of electronic systems, transient electronics might bring new solutions in order to switch to a more circular economy and to reduce the uncontrollable growing rate of e-waste.

Transient electronics is still an emerging field of research. In a nutshell, it refers to electronic components that can disintegrate in a controlled or passive manner after a period of stable operation, without leaving detrimental by-products in their environment. Interestingly, in parallel of its potential to create more eco-friendly devices, transient electronic components also open research avenues for a number of disciplines (e.g., edible sensors or implants that can resorb safely for biomedical applications).

The ambition of this special issue is to provide a comprehensive collection to advance the current state-of-the-art in transient/biodegradable/”green” electronics. We invite you to contribute with original research papers and review articles. Submissions can span all aspects of the field: From materials that can serve as dissolvable substrates for electronics, to degradable core components (e.g., transistors, antennas, solar cells, batteries, etc.), to the system level (e.g., full degradable sensors or modules). All applicative contexts are also welcome (e.g., biomedical implants; sensors for agriculture, RF tags for food packaging, etc.).

Dr. Denis Desmaële
Dr. Mehdi Boukallel
Guest Editors

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• transient electronics
• green electronics
• biodegradable electronics
• biodegradable sensor
• biodegradable battery