Sensors Made of Natural Renewable Materials: Efficiency, Recyclability or Biodegradability—The Green Electronics

e-Biologics: Fabrication of Sustainable Electronics with “Green” Biological Materials

The growing ubiquity of electronic devices is increasingly consuming substantial energy and rare resources for materials fabrication, as well as creating expansive volumes of toxic waste. This is not sustainable. Electronic biological materials (e-biologics) that are produced with microbes, or designed with microbial components as the guide for synthesis, are a potential green solution. Some e-...

Soft microporous green materials from natural soybean oil.

Rheological Study: The rheological properties of the organogels were studied by an advanced rheological expansion system (Advanced Rheometer AR-1000, TA Instruments, USA). The gel was first dissolved in an oven at 100°C and then 1 mL of this solution was dropped between the two parallel plates of the AR-1000. The upper plate (cone diameter = 60 mm, cone angle 2°) was lowered to form a gap of 61...

Bio-Electronics and Bio-sensors

Hierarchical Composites Made Entirely from Renewable Resources

Recent interest in the utilisation of greener materials has reinitiated the interest in natural fibres and/or fibrils as reinforcement for polymers. However, such bio-based composites often exhibit properties that fall short of expectations due to (i) inadequate processing conditions, resulting in filler agglomeration and poor filler dispersion within the matrix, (ii) variations in natural fibr...

Polymer and Carbon Nanotube Materials for Chemical Sensors and Organic Electronics by Massachusetts Ins of Technolog

This thesis details the development of new materials for high-performance chemical sensing as well as organic electronic applications. In Chapter 2, we develop a chemiresistive material based on single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP) functionalized polythiophene, with a largely simplified fabrication process. The sensor shows high sensitivity and selectivity fo...