A new generation of electronic devices that dissolve completely in water, leaving behind only harmless end products may soon become a reality.
Pioneering research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign may bring in devices that range from green consumer electronics to biomedical sensor systems that do their work and then disappear.
John A Rogers' research group at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory is leading the development of such concepts, along with all of the required materials.