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ArticleNature communications2026

Highly efficient long-range conduction through a biosynthetic nickel-organic framework.

Filip J R Meysman, Bent Smets, Silvia Hidalgo-Martinez, Nathalie Claes, Bob C Schroeder, Jeanine S Geelhoed, Yun Liu, Jiji Alingapoyil Choyikutty, Tamazouzt Chennit, Thijs Bodson and 17 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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27 authors.

Filip J R MeysmanDepartment of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium. filip.meysman@uantwerpen.be.ORCID 0000-0001-5334-7655
Bent SmetsDepartment of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-4133-6339
Silvia Hidalgo-MartinezDepartment of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium.ORCID 0009-0005-1878-0361
Nathalie ClaesEMAT, Department of Physics, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-6475-0204
Bob C SchroederDepartment of Chemistry, University College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9793-631X
Jeanine S GeelhoedDepartment of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-6334-2604
Yun LiuDepartment of Chemistry, University College London, London, UK.
Jiji Alingapoyil ChoyikuttyDepartment of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium.ORCID 0009-0001-7744-9530
Tamazouzt ChennitEMAT, Department of Physics, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium.ORCID 0009-0007-4942-5084
Thijs BodsonVIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0009-0001-9251-5639
Alberto CollautoDepartment of Chemistry and Centre for Pulse EPR, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1966-9532
Maxie M RoesslerDepartment of Chemistry and Centre for Pulse EPR, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5291-4328
Dmitry KarpovID16A Nano-imaging beamline, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France.ORCID 0000-0001-5095-7300
Sylvain BohicINSERM, UA 07 Synchrotron Radiation for Biomedicine (STROBE), Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France.ORCID 0000-0001-6355-7592
Matteo AraminiI20-Scanning Beamline, Diamond Light Source, Didcot, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9134-3831
Shusaku HayamaI20-Scanning Beamline, Diamond Light Source, Didcot, UK.ORCID 0009-0008-8382-6276
Maxwell WetheringtonMaterials Characterization Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1958-1354
Martijn A ZwijnenburgDepartment of Chemistry, University College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5291-2130
Galina PankratovaDepartment of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-9142-3364
Isabel PintelonAntwerp Centre for Advanced Microscopy (ACAM), University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-2901-4679
Jean-Pierre TimmermansAntwerp Centre for Advanced Microscopy (ACAM), University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-2506-6252
Gert NuytsDepartment of Bioscience Engineering, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-9086-2610
Karolien De WaelDepartment of Bioscience Engineering, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-4495-0748
Sara BalsEMAT, Department of Physics, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-4249-8017
Jo VerbeeckEMAT, Department of Physics, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-7151-8101
Han RemautVIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-9775-4102
Henricus T S BoschkerDepartment of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-0947-7919

Funding

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) IHLS-3612European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) LS-3138Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Research Foundation Flanders) G013122NFonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Research Foundation Flanders) G0ADR25NFonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Research Foundation Flanders) S004523NNederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research) 016.VICI.170.072RCUK | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) EP/T031425/1Universiteit Antwerpen (University of Antwerp) TopBOF
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biobased electronics aims for disruptive innovation in sustainable electronics but is obstructed by the low intrinsic conductivity of biomaterials. Recently, fibres were discovered within the cell envelope of multi-cellular cable bacteria, which display an exceptional conductivity for a biomaterial. Yet, the molecular structure and electron transport mechanism remain unresolved, thus precluding a detailed structure-function understanding and the development of biomimetic analogues. Here, we demonstrate that each fibre embeds an extended nickel-organic framework, which consists of a bundle of intertwined nanoribbons, each built from stacked repeat units in which multiple nickel centres are linked by organic dithiolene ligands. This metal-organic supramolecular architecture provides extensive conjugation and electron delocalization, thus enabling exceptional conductance over macroscale distances. This suggests a novel design principle for bio-based electronic materials and opens possibilities for biosynthesis of metal-organic frameworks.

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Electric ConductivityNickelNanotubes, CarbonNanotubes, CarbonNickel

Identifiers

PMID42680761
PMCPMC13534509

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