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Biocompatible and Biodegradable Organic

Transistors

Selcan Karakuş

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Avcılar, Istanbul,

Turkey

Nazlı Albayrak

School of Medicine, Acibadem M. A. Aydınlar University, Avcılar, Istanbul, Turkey

Sinem Özlem Enginler

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Istanbul

University-Cerrahpasa, Avcılar, Istanbul, Turkey

CONTENTS

10.1 Bio-organic Transistors...................................................................................................157

10.2 Electrochemical Properties of Bio-Organic Transistors ............................................160

10.3 Organic Transistors or Biosensors for Cancer Detection .........................................161

10.4 The Mechanism of Green Organic Transistors/Biosensors in the Cancer

Therapy .............................................................................................................................163

10.5 Biosensors in Canine Mammary Tumors....................................................................165

10.6 Biosensors Used in Canine Mammary Tumors.........................................................167

10.7 Conclusion and Future Perspectives............................................................................167

References ....................................................................................................................................168

10.1 Bio-organic Transistors

Nowadays, biocompatible and biodegradable organic transistors for stretchable and flex­

ible electronic devices have gained attractive attention due to their ability to exhibit unique

performances by implementing new technological solutions in biomedical and sensor

applications. With the emergence of smart nano-micro platforms for human-digital tech­

nologies, new applications based on stretchable electronics, flexible bioelectronics, and

wearable biosensors have been developed. Biopolymer-based organic transistors are

especially highly stable, mobile, biocompatible, biodegradable, solvent-processable for a

wide variety of consumer products at a low cost. In the literature, the new-generation or­

ganic transistors are fabricated fibrous, thin-film, porous nanocrystalline, and fullerene-rich

morphologies in the nanoscale range. According to recent advances and developments on

integrating nanotechnology with implantable or wearable bioelectronic devices, these

DOI: 10.1201/9781003263265-10

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