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ArticleNature electronics2024

Imperceptible augmentation of living systems with organic bioelectronic fibres.

Wenyu Wang, Yifei Pan, Yuan Shui, Tawfique Hasan, Iek Man Lei, Stanley Gong Sheng Ka, Thierry Savin, Santiago Velasco-Bosom, Yang Cao, Susannah B P McLaren and 4 more

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Article in Nature electronics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Multiscale Manufacturing of Organic Electronic Materials.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026
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  10. The Role of Ionic Liquids at the Biological Interfaces in Bioelectronics.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  12. Single polymer fiber-based ultrasensitive and multifunctional flexible microsensor via arthropod-inspired crack-helix coupling.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  14. Ionic Conductive Textiles for Wearable Technology.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Wenyu WangDepartment of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6580-8236
Yifei PanDepartment of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0009-0005-7076-5943
Yuan ShuiDepartment of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Tawfique HasanCambridge Graphene Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6250-7582
Iek Man LeiDepartment of Electromechanical Engineering, University of Macau, Macao, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6337-1592
Stanley Gong Sheng KaDepartment of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Thierry SavinDepartment of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3956-7077
Santiago Velasco-BosomDepartment of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Yang CaoDepartment of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Susannah B P McLarenWellcome Trust/CRUK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Yuze CaoDepartment of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Fengzhu XiongWellcome Trust/CRUK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6153-0254
George G MalliarasDepartment of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4582-8501
Yan Yan Shery HuangDepartment of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2619-730X

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The functional and sensory augmentation of living structures, such as human skin and plant epidermis, with electronics can be used to create platforms for health management and environmental monitoring. Ideally, such bioelectronic interfaces should not obstruct the inherent sensations and physiological changes of their hosts. The full life cycle of the interfaces should also be designed to minimize their environmental footprint. Here we report imperceptible augmentation of living systems through in situ tethering of organic bioelectronic fibres. Using an orbital spinning technique, substrate-free and open fibre networks-which are based on poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):polystyrene sulfonate-can be tethered to biological surfaces, including fingertips, chick embryos and plants. We use customizable fibre networks to create on-skin electrodes that can record electrocardiogram and electromyography signals, skin-gated organic electrochemical transistors and augmented touch and plant interfaces. We also show that the fibres can be used to couple prefabricated microelectronics and electronic textiles, and that the fibres can be repaired, upgraded and recycled.

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Biomedical engineeringElectrical and electronic engineeringMaterials for devices

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PMID39086869
PMCPMC11286532

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