A microscale soft ionic power source modulates neuronal network activity.

ABSTRACT: Bio-integrated devices need power sources to operate^1,2. Despite widely used technologies that can provide power to large-scale targets, such as wired energy supplies from batteries or wireless energy transduction³, a need to efficiently stimulate cells and tissues on the microscale is still pressing. The ideal miniaturized power source should be biocompatible, mechanically flexible and able to generate an ionic current for biological stimulation, instead of using electron flow as in conventional electronic devices^4-6. One approach is to use soft power sources inspired by the electrical eel^7,8; however, power sources that combine the required capabilities have not yet been produced, because it is challenging to obtain miniaturized units that both

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10468398 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature