Research

The Laboratory of Organic Bio-Electronics (LOBE) at Purdue University conducts interdisciplinary research at the intersection of organic electronics and biological systems. LOBE's work in organic electronics focuses on designing and synthesizing organic materials with desirable electronic properties, such as conductivity, to create flexible and cost-effective electronic devices. In the realm of printed electronics, LOBE is developing piezoelectric 3D printing materials and exploring 4D printing technologies, aiming to integrate structural and electronic printing for rapid prototyping of low-cost robots. Additionally, the lab is advancing biosensor technologies by creating devices capable of detecting specific biological analytes, including biomarkers present during food digestion, to monitor and analyze biological processes.

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Bioelectronics

Bioelectronics (specifically bio-molecular electronics) is a field of research in the convergence of biology and electronics. Defined as the use of biological materials and biological architectures for information processing systems and new devices.
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Organic Neuromorphics

Neuromorphic systems, often referred to as to as neuromorphic computing or neuromorphic engineering, a is a concept developed by Carver Mead, circa 1989, are hardware systems that aim to use principles of neural function for their basis of operation.
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Organic Electronics

Organic electronics is a field of materials science concerning the design, synthesis, characterization, and application of organic small molecules or polymers that show desirable electronic properties such as conductivity.
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Printed Electronics

LOBE is currently on PVdF-based piezoelectric 3D printing functional materials. We are also working on developing 4D printer, capable of 3D printing structure and printing electronics.
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Biosensors

Biosensors are devices used to detect the presence or concentration of a biological analyte, such as a biomolecule, a biological structure or a microorganism.
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