journal article·2015-12

Flexible Battery‐Less Bioelectronic Implants: Wireless Powering and Manipulation by Near‐Infrared Light

Hongzhong Liu, Tingting Zhao, Weitao Jiang, Rui Jia, Dong Niu, Guanglin Qiu, Lin Fan, Xin Li, Weihua Liu, Bangdao Chen, Yongsheng Shi, Lei Yin, Bingheng Lu

Advanced Functional Materials· Volume 25· Issue 45
Publisher page

Abstract

Bioelectronics, which can provide electrical impulses to precisely modulate the body's neural circuits, spark great interests of industry and academia. Yet the technologies to power and manipulate these devices, such as wireless powering and remote manipulation, remain challenging. Here, by investigating the pyroelectric performances of poly(vinylidene difluoride) (PVDF) and its remote‐manipulation ability under near‐infrared‐ray (nIR) irradiation, a flexible battery‐less implantable device is proposed, constructed by laminated graphene–PVDF–graphene sandwiches, which can be wirelessly powered and supply regulatable electrical pulses for nerve stimulation by nIR irradiation. The flexible and compact device (20 mm × 20 mm in area, 0.2 mm in thickness) can generate electrical pulses with controllable amplitude and width, and shows an excellent ability to stimulate nerves, i.e., sciatic nerve of a frog and a rat heart, by remote control. The flexible and remote‐manipulative battery‐less device should find uses in the design and fabrication of bioelectronics‐related applications.
Source: crossref · Quality: baseline

Research context

OpenAlex topics: Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials · Conducting polymers and applications · Neuroscience and Neural Engineering

SciVX discovery tags are terminology-based. OpenAlex topics are source-provided classifications.

Affiliations

State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an 710049 P. R. China

Department of Neurology First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an 710061 P. R. China

Department of General Surgery First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an 710061 P. R. China

Department of Microelectronics Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an 710049 P. R. China

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China

References (43)

Show source-provided references
1. 10.1038/496159a10.1038/496159a ↗
2. 10.1038/511018a10.1038/511018a ↗
3. 10.1073/pnas.131723311110.1073/pnas.1317233111 ↗
4. 10.1038/nbt.303810.1038/nbt.3038 ↗
5. 10.1002/adfm.20130319610.1002/adfm.201303196 ↗
6. 10.1038/nm.334110.1038/nm.3341 ↗
7. 10.1038/nn.273910.1038/nn.2739 ↗
8. Diao L. W. · J. Thora. Dis. · 2014 · 6 · 1300
9. 10.1063/1.367910210.1063/1.3679102 ↗
10. 10.1021/ja211714w10.1021/ja211714w ↗
11. 10.1038/nbt.239410.1038/nbt.2394 ↗
12. 10.1109/TBME.2005.85624710.1109/TBME.2005.856247 ↗
13. 10.1073/pnas.140300211110.1073/pnas.1403002111 ↗
14. 10.1109/TMTT.2009.202995410.1109/TMTT.2009.2029954 ↗
15. 10.1109/TBCAS.2009.203162810.1109/TBCAS.2009.2031628 ↗
16. 10.1109/10.138810.1109/10.1388 ↗
17. 10.1021/nn304872n10.1021/nn304872n ↗
18. 10.1007/s10103-005-0366-610.1007/s10103-005-0366-6 ↗
19. 10.1038/8668410.1038/86684 ↗
20. 10.1080/19475411.2013.87220710.1080/19475411.2013.872207 ↗
21. 10.1039/c1ee02241e10.1039/c1ee02241e ↗
22. 10.1039/c3cp54083a10.1039/c3cp54083a ↗
23. 10.1002/adom.20140037410.1002/adom.201400374 ↗
24. 10.1002/adma.20090381510.1002/adma.200903815 ↗
25. 10.1088/0034-4885/49/12/00210.1088/0034-4885/49/12/002 ↗
26. 10.1039/C3EE42454E10.1039/C3EE42454E ↗
27. 10.1002/adma.20120141410.1002/adma.201201414 ↗
28. 10.1016/j.matlet.2014.10.00410.1016/j.matlet.2014.10.004 ↗
29. 10.1021/nl073187210.1021/nl0731872 ↗
30. 10.1109/TBME.1983.32504110.1109/TBME.1983.325041 ↗
31. Gill W. M. · IEEE Eng. Med. Biol. · 1995 · 95 · 0739
32. 10.1152/jn.2002.88.4.159210.1152/jn.2002.88.4.1592 ↗
33. 10.1016/0304-3940(95)11644-C10.1016/0304-3940(95)11644-C ↗
34. 10.1016/0022-3913(83)90174-910.1016/0022-3913(83)90174-9 ↗
35. 10.1073/pnas.223247910010.1073/pnas.2232479100 ↗
36. 10.1002/adma.20110082010.1002/adma.201100820 ↗
37. 10.1038/nbt.303810.1038/nbt.3038 ↗
38. 10.1073/pnas.140300211110.1073/pnas.1403002111 ↗
39. 10.1038/ncomms105810.1038/ncomms1058 ↗
40. 10.1002/adma.20110295810.1002/adma.201102958 ↗
41. 10.1021/nl303539c10.1021/nl303539c ↗
42. 10.1002/adma.20140056210.1002/adma.201400562 ↗
43. 10.1113/jphysiol.1979.sp01277110.1113/jphysiol.1979.sp012771 ↗