Piezoelectric and triboelectric nanogenerators: promising technologies for self-powered implantable biomedical devices

A Khan, R Joshi, MK Sharma, A Ganguly, P Parashar… - Nano Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Implantable biomedical devices (IBDs) have garnered wide-scale attention in recent years
due to their enormous contribution to the biomedical sector. However, an uninterrupted and …

Preparations, properties, and applications of polyaniline and polyaniline thin films—A review

M Beygisangchin, S Abdul Rashid, S Shafie… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Polyaniline (PANI) is a famous conductive polymer, and it has received tremendous
consideration from researchers in the field of nanotechnology for the improvement of …

Conducting polymers for neural prosthetic and neural interface applications

R Green, MR Abidian - Advanced Materials, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Neural‐interfacing devices are an artificial mechanism for restoring or supplementing the
function of the nervous system, lost as a result of injury or disease. Conducting polymers …

A mm-sized wireless implantable device for electrical stimulation of peripheral nerves

J Charthad, TC Chang, Z Liu, A Sawaby… - IEEE transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A wireless electrical stimulation implant for peripheral nerves, achieving> 10× improvement
over state of the art in the depth/volume figure of merit, is presented. The fully integrated …

Recent advances in materials, devices, and systems for neural interfaces

SM Won, E Song, J Zhao, J Li, J Rivnay… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Technologies capable of establishing intimate, long‐lived optical/electrical interfaces to
neural systems will play critical roles in neuroscience research and in the development of …

Blending electronics with the human body: a pathway toward a cybernetic future

M Mehrali, S Bagherifard, M Akbari, A Thakur… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
At the crossroads of chemistry, electronics, mechanical engineering, polymer science,
biology, tissue engineering, computer science, and materials science, electrical devices are …

Neuromodulation: present and emerging methods

S Luan, I Williams, K Nikolic… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Neuromodulation has wide ranging potential applications in replacing impaired neural
function (prosthetics), as a novel form of medical treatment (therapy), and as a tool for …

Revolutionizing implantable technology: biocompatible Supercapacitors as the future of power sources

NR Chodankar, SV Karekar… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Almost all implantable electronic medical devices (IEMDs) are powered by bulky Li‐ion
batteries (LIBs), limiting their miniaturization and lifespan advancements. In addition, LIBs …

Biofuel cells–activation of micro-and macro-electronic devices

M Gamella, A Koushanpour, E Katz - Bioelectrochemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
The article represents a short conceptual overview of biofuel cell applications, rather than
their design and operation. Special attention is given to interfacing enzyme-based biofuel …

Design and optimization of ultrasonic wireless power transmission links for millimeter-sized biomedical implants

M Meng, M Kiani - IEEE transactions on biomedical circuits and …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound has been recently proposed as an alternative modality for efficient wireless
power transmission (WPT) to biomedical implants with millimeter (mm) dimensions. This …