Bio Graphene

The demands on materials to be used as implantables for tissue engineering or medical bionics are somewhat onerous. So when a material with the simplest of compositions (carbon!) yet extraordinary mechanical and electrical properties comes along biomedical engineers do get somewhat excited.

Our article published in Advanced Materials today covers the extraordinary rate of progress in the use of graphene in biomedical structures.

Much of this progress has been made possible by the rapid adaption of nano carbon chemistries spurred on by the carbon nanotube era, over the past two decades. This coupled with recent advances in flexible, versatile fabrication (3D printing) has propelled the development of bio graphene and structures containing it.

Below is an animation covering some aspects of graphene processing and device fabrication.