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Bioelectronic Devices: Cell Generator: A Self‐Sustaining Biohybrid System Based on Energy Harvesting from Engineered Cardiac Microtissues (Adv. Funct. Mater. 20/2017)
Author(s) -
Xu Bingzhe,
Lin Xudong,
Li Wei,
Wang Zixun,
Zhang Wenchong,
Shi Peng
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201770139
Subject(s) - materials science , nanotechnology , energy harvesting , generator (circuit theory) , piezoelectricity , electricity generation , power (physics) , composite material , physics , quantum mechanics
In article number 1606169 , Peng Shi and co‐workers fabricate a bio‐hybrid “Cell Generator” by patterning cardiomyocytes on arrays of micro‐cantilevers made of piezoelectric materials. Pulsed contraction of the engineered cardiac constructs provides the source of mechanical energy for electricity generation, which is used to power small biomedical devices. This technology provides an innovative perspective of exploiting live biological components for the development of self‐sustaining cellular machines.