Uryan Isik Can, Neerajha Nagarajan, Dervis Can Vural, Pinar Zorlutuna
Early discovery. Linked by one identifiable commenter. This paper is outside the main ranking; a mention is not an endorsement.
Abstract
A new type of diode that is made entirely of electrically excitable muscle cells and nonexcitable fibroblast cells is designed, fabricated, and characterized. These two cell types in a rectangular pattern allow the signal initiated on the excitable side to pass to the nonexcitable side, and not in the opposite direction.
arXiv comments
Journal reference
Can UI, Nagarajan N, Vural DC, Zorlutuna P. Muscle-Cell-Based "Living Diodes". Advanced Biosystems. 2017 Jan 1
Paper on biological diodes https://arxiv.org/pdf/1706.00383.pdf but it doesn't use semiconductors, but ion transport (calls it iontronics instead of solid state electronics) Indeed the ion channels used by nerves and muscles to send electrical signals are, like, one-way valves…
Paper on biological diodes https://arxiv.org/pdf/1706.00383.pdf but it doesn't use semiconductors, but ion transport (calls it iontronics instead of solid state electronics) Indeed the ion channels used by nerves and muscles to send electrical signals are, like, one-way valves…
nextaccounticView on HNParent context