Journal
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
Volume 435, Issue -, Pages 1344-1350Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.11.162
Keywords
Conducting polymer; Physarum polycephalum; Polyaniline; Network; Lithography; Pattern
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- Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) program within the Seventh Framework Program for Research of the European Commission, under the Collaborative project PhyChip [316366]
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Slime mould Physarum polycephalum develops intricate patterns of protoplasmic networks when foraging on a non-nutrient substrates. The networks are optimised for spanning larger spaces with minimum body mass and for quick transfer of nutrients and metabolites inside the slime mould's body. We hybridise the slime mould's networks with conductive polymer polyaniline and thus produce micro-patterns of conductive networks. This unconventional lithographic method opens new perspectives in development of living technology devices, biocompatible non-silicon hardware for applications in integrated circuits, bioelectronics, and biosensing. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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