Food-Based Electronics: Revisiting β-Carotene Organic Transistors
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Abstract
Edible electronics offer a unique platform for developing devices made entirely from food-based materials that can be safely digested or excreted without environmental concerns. Yet, identifying semiconductors that are both food-based and capable of supporting efficient charge transport remains a challenge. In this work, we show that this hurdle can be overcome by applying structure-property insights developed in organic electronics to natural compounds, revealing how a material previously discarded for electronic applications and largely present in vegetables, β-carotene, can be tuned into a viable semiconductor. Beyond its implications for edible electronics, this approach also highlights the broader potential of renewable, nature-derived materials as building blocks for sustainable technologies.
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OpenAlex topics: Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials · Conducting polymers and applications · Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
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Affiliations
Center for Nano Science and Technology, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Rubattino, 81, Milano 20134, Italy
Department of Physics, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, Milano 20133, Italy
Department of Materials Science, University of Milano-Bicocca, Via R. Cozzi, 55, Milano 20126, Italy
Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto di Struttura della Materia (ISM), Strada Provinciale, 35d/9, Montelibretti 00010, Italy
Universidade da Coruña
Campus Industrial de Ferrol, CITENI
Funding
European Research Council · Ministero dell'Universit? e della Ricerca · NextGenerationEU · H2020 European Research Council
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