Recent progress in the synthesis and deterministic assembly of advanced classes of single crystalline inorganic semiconductor nanomaterial establishes a foundation for high-performance electronics on bendable, and even elastomeric, substrates. The results allow for classes of systems with capabilities that cannot be reproduced using conventional wafer-based technologies. Specifically, electronic devices that rely on the unusual shapes/forms/constructs of such semiconductors can offer mechanical properties, such as flexibility and stretchability, traditionally believed to be accessible only via comparatively low-performance organic materials, with superior operational features due to their excellent charge transport characteristics. Specifically, these approaches allow integration of high-performance electronic functionality onto various curvilinear shapes, with linear elastic mechanical responses to large strain deformations, of particular relevance in bio-integrated devices and bio-inspired designs. This review summarizes some recent progress in flexible electronics based on inorganic semiconductor nanomaterials, the key associated design strategies and examples of device components and modules with utility in biomedicine.

高级类单晶无机半导体纳米材料的合成和确定性组装的最新进展为可弯曲甚至弹性体基底上的高性能电子学奠定了基础。结果允许具有无法使用常规基于晶圆的技术复制的功能的系统类别。具体而言，依赖于此类半导体不同寻常的形状/形式/结构的电子设备可以提供机械性能，例如柔韧性和可拉伸性，传统上认为只能通过性能相对较低的有机材料才能获得，并且由于其优异的性能而具有出色的操作特性电荷传输特性。具体来说，这些方法允许将高性能电子功能集成到各种曲线形状上，并具有对大应变变形的线性弹性机械响应，这在生物集成设备和生物启发性设计中尤为重要。这篇综述总结了基于无机半导体纳米材料的柔性电子学的一些最新进展，关键的相关设计策略以及在生物医学中具有实用性的设备组件和模块的例子。