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Light Stimulation of Neurons on Organic Photocapacitors Induces Action Potentials with Millisecond Precision (Adv. Mater. Technol. 9/2022)

Tony Schmidt, Marie Jakešová, Vedran Đerek, Karin Kornmueller, Oleksandra Tiapko, Helmut Bischof, Sandra Burgstaller, Linda Waldherr, Marta Nowakowska, Christian Baumgartner, Muammer Üçal, Gerd Leitinger, Susanne Scheruebel, Silke Patz, Roland Malli, Eric Daniel Głowacki, Theresa Rienmüller, Rainer Schindl

Advanced Materials Technologies· Volume 7· Issue 9
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Abstract

Photocapacitors In article number 2101159, Eric Daniel Głowacki, Theresa Rienmüller, Rainer Schindl, and co-workers present thin and flexible organic electrolytic photocapacitors (OEPCs) suitable for neuro-stimulation. Like photovoltaic cells, these organic semiconductors have a photosensitive pn-layer. OEPCs generate in an electrolytic environment an electric field when illuminated with visible red light, which is capable of inducing action potential firing in excitable cells.
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Energy storageElectronic materials

OpenAlex topics: Photoreceptor and optogenetics research · Neuroscience and Neural Engineering · Conducting polymers and applications

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Gottfried Schatz Research Center Chair of Biophysics Medical University of Graz Neue Stiftingtalstraße 6 Graz 8010 Austria

BioTechMed‐Graz Graz 8010 Austria

Bioelectronics Materials and Devices Laboratory Central European Institute of Technology Brno University of Technology Purkyňova 123 Brno 61200 Czech Republic

Department of Physics Faculty of Science University of Zagreb Bijenička c. 32 Zagreb 10000 Croatia

Gottfried Schatz Research Center Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Medical University of Graz Neue Stiftingtalstraße 6/6 Graz 8010 Austria

Department of Pharmacology Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacy Institute of Pharmacy University of Tuebingen Auf der Morgenstelle 8 72076 Tuebingen Germany

NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tuebingen 72770 Reutlingen Germany

Research Unit of Experimental Neurotraumatology Department of Neurosurgery Medical University Graz Auenbruggerplatz 2.2 Graz 8036 Austria

Institute of Health Care Engineering with European Testing Center of Medical Devices Graz University of Technology Graz 8010 Austria

Gottfried Schatz Research Center Division of Cell Biology Histology and Embryology Medical University of Graz Neue Stiftingtalstraße 6 Graz 8010 Austria

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