Organic bioelectronic sensors for point-of-care diagnostics

The development of medical devices that comply with the soft mechanics of biological systems at different length and complexity levels is highly desirable. With the emergence of conducting polymers exciting directions opened in bioelectronics research, bridging the gap between traditional electronics and biology. With the goal of fully integrated devices, organic bioelectronic technologies have been heavily explored the past decade resulting in novel materials/device configurations. Multiplexing capability, ability to adopt to complex performance requirements in biological fluids, sensitivity, stability, literal flexibility, and compatibility with large-area processes are only some of the merits of this technology for biomedical applications. This talk will summarize our recent progress on organic bioelectronic sensors for applications ranging from metabolite sensing to infection diagnostics combining materials development and processing with new biofunctionalization strategies aiming to improve the sensitivity and conformability of the sensors.