Published in Nature, 17 Oct 2010
Bendy, stretchy and bio-compatible arrays of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and photodetectors that can be implanted under the skin are boosting prospects of using light inside the body to activate drugs or monitor medical conditions.
The materials were made by John Rogers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his colleagues, who describe applications of their work today in Nature Materials. […]
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