Biohybrid plants with electronic roots <i>via in vivo</i> polymerization of conjugated oligomers
Daniela Parker, Yohann Daguerre, Gwennaël Dufil, Daniele Mantione, Eduardo Solano, Éric Cloutet, Georges Hadziioannou, Torgny Näsholm, Magnus Berggren, Eleni Pavlopoulou, Eleni Stavrinidou
Abstract
and remained stable over the course of 4 weeks while the roots continued to grow. The p(ETE-S) roots were used to build supercapacitors that outperform previous plant-biohybrid charge storage demonstrations. Plants were not affected by the electronic functionalization but adapted to this new hybrid state by developing a more complex root system. Biohybrid plants with electronic roots pave the way for autonomous systems with potential applications in energy, sensing and robotics.
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NanotechnologyPolymerizationBioelectronicsSupercapacitorMaterials sciencePolymerElectronicsBiopolymerBiochemical engineeringChemistryBiosensorElectrochemistryEngineeringElectrodePhysical chemistryComposite materialPlant and Biological Electrophysiology StudiesPhotoreceptor and optogenetics researchNeuroscience and Neural Engineering