Switchable bioelectronics.

Interfacing nanomaterials for bioelectronic applications

The integration of nanomaterials as a bridge between the biological and electronic worlds has revolutionised understanding of how to generate functional bioelectronic devices and has opened up new horizons for the future of bioelectronics. The use of nanomaterials as a versatile interface in the area of bioelectronics offers many practical solutions and has recently emerged as a highly promisin...

pH-induced on/off-switchable graphene bioelectronics

On/Off-switchable zipper-like bioelectronics on a graphene interface.

An on/off-switchable graphene-based zipper-like interface is architectured for efficient bioelectrocatalysis. The graphene interface transduces a temperature input signal into structural changes of the membrane, resulting in the amplification of electrochemical signals and their transformation into the gated transport of molecules through the membrane.

Programmable bioelectronics in a stimuli-encoded 3D graphene interface.

The ability to program and mimic the dynamic microenvironment of living organisms is a crucial step towards the engineering of advanced bioelectronics. Here, we report for the first time a design for programmable bioelectronics, with 'built-in' switchable and tunable bio-catalytic performance that responds simultaneously to appropriate stimuli. The designed bio-electrodes comprise light and tem...

From MEMS to NEMS with carbon.

Our work in carbon-microelectromechanical systems (C-MEMS) suggests that C-MEMS might provide a very interesting material and microfabrication approach to battery miniaturization, active DNA arrays and a wide variety of chemical and biological sensors. In C-MEMS, photoresist is patterned by photolithography and subsequently pyrolyzed at high-temperatures in an oxygen-free environment. We establ...