Flexible organic leds with parylene thin films for biological implants

Author

Yamamura, Tomohiro ; Kitamura, Masatoshi ; Kuribayashi, Kaori ; Arakawa, Yasuhiko ; Takeuchi, Shoji

Author_Institution

Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo

fYear

2007

fDate

21-25 Jan. 2007

Firstpage

739

Lastpage

742

Abstract

This paper describes an ultra thin, flexible device with organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) between Parylene thin films (20 mum or less in total thickness). The device was formed on a glass substrate and could be easily peeled off without breaking. The OLEDs in the flexible device emitted light with high brightness, and were useful as excitation light sources for fluorescent dyes. We have also demonstrated a flexible probe with an OLED for the application of biological implants toward in vivo fluorescent imaging and optical stimulation of cells.

Keywords

fluorescence; light emitting diodes; light sources; polymer films; probes; prosthetics; biological implants; excitation light sources; flexible organic LED; flexible probe; fluorescent dyes; glass substrate; in vivo fluorescent imaging; optical cell stimulation; organic light emitting diodes; parylene thin films; ultra thin flexible device; Brightness; Fluorescence; Glass; Implants; Light emitting diodes; Light sources; Organic light emitting diodes; Probes; Thin film devices; Transistors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, 2007. MEMS. IEEE 20th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hyogo

ISSN

1084-6999

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-095-5

Electronic_ISBN

1084-6999

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MEMSYS.2007.4433128

Filename

4433128