Research article: Towards biodegradable wireless implants

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1967, 2012, Pages 2418-2432

  Boutry, Clémentine M ^a   Chandrahalim, Hengky ^a   Streit, Patrick ^a   Schinhammer, Michael ^a   Hänzi, Anja C ^a   Hierold, Christofer ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biodegradable metal; Biodegradable polymer; Conductive polymer; Resistor inductor capacitor (RLC) resonator; Wireless implant

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; POLYPYRROLES; RESISTORS; RESONATORS;

BIODEGRADABLE DEVICES; BIODEGRADABLE METALS; CONDUCTIVE POLYMER; CONDUCTIVE POLYMER COMPOSITES; EXPERIMENTAL SECTION; IN-VIVO; MG ALLOY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES; TEMPORARY DEVICES; WIRELESS IMPLANT;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS;

BIOMATERIAL;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REVIEW;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 84860632636     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0439     Document Type: Review

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