Bioelectronics

Bioelectronics 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. Bioelectronics, specifically bio-molecular electronics, are described as the research and development of bio-inspired (i.e. self-assembly) inorganic and organic materials and of bio-inspired (i.e. massive parallelism) hardware architectures for the implementation of new information processing systems, sensors and actuators, and for molecular manufacturing down to the atomic scale. [1-3]

An example of ultra-thin, ultra-conformable, and biocompatible, skin-laminated organic bioelectronics, indicating their electrical characteristics (top left and top right) and measured biopotential signals (ECG and EMG). [2-3]

 

 

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioelectronics

[2] https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/aelm.201500452

[3] https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adfm.201803279