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CAMI Collaborator: John Rogers

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The Rogers Lab focuses on soft materials for conformal electronics, nanophotonic structures, microfluidic devices, and microelectromechanical systems, all lately with an emphasis on bio-inspired and bio-integrated technologies. These efforts are highly multidisciplinary, and combine expertise from nearly every traditional field of technical study. In the Center for Advanced Molecular Imaging, we use CT and MRI to image device placement, movement over time, and resorption of biodegradable materials.

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Featured Work

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Wireless, battery-free optoelectronic systems as subdermal implants for local tissue oximetry

This work introduces an entirely wireless and fully implantable platform for in vivo, highly localized tissue oximetry at sites of interest, including deep brain regions of mice, on untethered, awake animal models.

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Wireless, battery-free, fully implantable multimodal and multisite pacemakers for applications in small animal models

Here, we introduce a highly miniaturized wireless energy-harvesting and digital communication electronics for thin, miniaturized pacing platforms. Multimodal and multisite pacing studies over many days demonstrate chronic stability and excellent biocompatibility.
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Selected Publications

  • Yang Q, Wei T, Yin RT, Wu M, Xu Y, Koo J, Choi YS, Xie Z, Chen SW, Kandela I, Yao S, Deng Y, Avila R, Liu TL, Bai W, Yang Y, Han M, Zhang Q, Haney CR, Benjamin Lee K, Aras K, Wang T, Seo MH, Luan H, Lee SM, Brikha A, Ghoreishi-Haack N, Tran L, Stepien I, Aird F, Waters EA, Yu X, Banks A, Trachiotis GD, Torkelson JM, Huang Y, Kozorovitskiy Y, Efimov IR, Rogers JA. Photocurable bioresorbable adhesives as functional interfaces between flexible bioelectronic devices and soft biological tissues. Nature materials. 2021. Epub 2021/07/31. doi: 10.1038/s41563-021-01051-x. PubMed PMID: 34326506.
  • Choi YS, Yin RT, Pfenniger A, Koo J, Avila R, Benjamin Lee K, Chen SW, Lee G, Li G, Qiao Y, Murillo-Berlioz A, Kiss A, Han S, Lee SM, Li C, Xie Z, Chen YY, Burrell A, Geist B, Jeong H, Kim J, Yoon HJ, Banks A, Kang SK, Zhang ZJ, Haney CR, Sahakian AV, Johnson D, Efimova T, Huang Y, Trachiotis GD, Knight BP, Arora RK, Efimov IR, Rogers JA. Fully implantable and bioresorbable cardiac pacemakers without leads or batteries. Nat Biotechnol. 2021;39(10):1228-38. Epub 20210628. doi: 10.1038/s41587-021-00948-x. PubMed PMID: 34183859.
  • Lu D, Yan Y, Avila R, Kandela I, Stepien I, Seo MH, Bai W, Yang Q, Li C, Haney CR, Waters EA, MacEwan MR, Huang Y, Ray WZ, Rogers JA. “Bioresorbable, Wireless, Passive Sensors as Temporary Implants for Monitoring Regional Body Temperature.” Advanced healthcare materials 9(16):e2000942 (2020).
  • Shin J, Yan Y, Bai W, Xue Y, Gamble P, Tian L, Kandela I, Haney CR, Spees W, Lee Y, Choi M, Ko J, Ryu H, Chang JK, Pezhouh M, Kang SK, Won SM, Yu KJ, Zhao J, Lee YK, MacEwan MR, Song SK, Huang Y, Ray WZ, Rogers JA. “Bioresorbable pressure sensors protected with thermally grown silicon dioxide for the monitoring of chronic diseases and healing processes.” Nat Biomed Eng 2019 Jan; 3(1):37-46.