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Sic For Advanced Biological Applications, Joseph Register
Sic For Advanced Biological Applications, Joseph Register
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Silicon carbide (SiC) has been used for centuries as an industrial abrasive and has been
actively researched since the 1960's as a robust material for power electronic applications.
Despite being the first semiconductor to emit blue light in 1907, it has only recently been
discovered that the material has crucial properties ideal for long-term, implantable biomedical
devices. This is due to the fact that the material offers superior biocompatibility and
hemocompatibility while providing rigid mechanical and chemical stability. In addition, the material
is a wide-bandgap semiconductor that can be used for optoelectronics, light delivery, and optical
sensors, which is the …