A bioinspired flexible organic artificial afferent nerve

Abstract

I've got a feeling Sensory (or afferent) nerves bring sensations of touch, pain, or temperature variation to the central nervous system and brain. Using the tools and materials of organic electronics, Kim et al. combined a pressure sensor, a ring oscillator, and an ion gel–gated transistor to form an artificial mechanoreceptor (see the Perspective by Bartolozzi). The combination allows for the sensing of multiple pressure inputs, which can be converted into a sensor signal and used to drive the motion of a cockroach leg in an oscillatory pattern. Science , this issue p. 998 ; see also p. 966

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MechanoreceptorSensory systemNeuroscienceAfferentSIGNAL (programming language)Pressure sensorComputer scienceMaterials scienceArtificial intelligenceBiomedical engineeringBiologyEngineeringMechanical engineering

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Year: 2018
Type: article
Volume: 360
Issue: 6392
Pages: 998-1003
Citations: 1316
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                                    Yeongin Kim, 
                                
                                    Alex Chortos, 
                                
                                    Wentao Xu
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2018). 
                            A bioinspired flexible organic artificial afferent nerve. 
                            Science
                            , 360
                            (6392)
                            , 998-1003.
                            https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aao0098
                        

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DOI: 10.1126/science.aao0098