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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2016
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
John A. Rogers, Champaign, IL (US);
Seung-Kyun Kang, Urbana, IL (US);
SukWon Hwang, Urbana, IL (US);
Jianjun Cheng, Champaign, IL (US);
Yanfeng Zhang, Urbana, IL (US);
Hanze Ying, Champaign, IL (US);
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Abstract
The invention provides transient devices, including active and passive devices that physically, chemically and/or electrically transform upon application of at least one internal and/or external stimulus. Incorporation of degradable device components, degradable substrates and/or degradable encapsulating materials each having a programmable, controllable and/or selectable degradation rate provides a means of transforming the device. In some embodiments, for example, transient devices of the invention combine degradable high performance single crystalline inorganic materials with selectively removable substrates and/or encapsulants.