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Organic Bioelectronics for Bioengineering Application

A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "B：Biology and Biomedicine".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2023) | Viewed by 5165

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Keying Guo

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Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955, Saudi Arabia
Interests: biosensor and bioelectronics; point-of-care diagnostics; porous silicon
Dr. Anil Köklü

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Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955, Saudi Arabia
Interests: bioelectronics; micro/nanofluidics; lab-on-a-chip; electrokinetics
Dr. Cheng Jiang

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The School of Medicine, Life and Health Sciences (MED|LHS), The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518172, China
Interests: biosensing device; biomarker discovery pipeline; extracellular vesicles; neurodegenerative disease; liquid biopsy

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Organic bioelectronics-enabled smart devices have shown their potential to tackle critical challenges in bioengineering applications associated with disease diagnostics, food safety, agriculture, and environmental monitoring. This Special Issue aims to introduce cutting-edge research activities in organic bioelectronics, revealing the open challenges for building next-generation bioelectronic devices. The Special Issue welcomes original and review articles, which will present current high-impact research topics as well as future perspectives in bioelectronics.

Key topics include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) organic bioelectronic device and system design, 2) smart biosensors and bioelectronic systems, 3) wearable and implantable bioelectronics, 4) self-powered and integrated bioelectronics, 5) lab-on-a-chip microsystems, 6) biomedical signal processing of bioelectronics, 7) in vitro or in vivo monitoring systems for biological signals, and 8) machine learning for smart bioelectronics.

We look forward to receiving your submissions!

Dr. Keying Guo
Dr. Anil Köklü
Dr. Cheng Jiang
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • biosensors
  • organic bioelectronics
  • wearable and implantable bioelectronics
  • biomarker detection
  • nanostructured biosensors
  • smart bioelectronics
  • lab-on-a-chip

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Unraveling an Ultrafast Electron Transport Mechanism in a Photocatalytic “Micromachine” for Their Potential Light Harvesting Applications
by Nivedita Pan, Lopamudra Roy, Md. Nur Hasan, Amrita Banerjee, Ria Ghosh, Meshari A. Alsharif, Basim H. Asghar, Rami J. Obaid, Arpita Chattopadhyay, Ranjan Das, Saleh A. Ahmed and Samir Kumar Pal
Micromachines 2023, 14(5), 980; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi14050980 - 29 Apr 2023
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Following the seminal discovery of Richard Feynman, several micromachines have been made that are capable of several applications, such as solar energy harvesting, remediation of environmental pollution, etc. Here we have synthesized a nanohybrid combining TiO2 nanoparticle and light harvesting robust organic [...] Read more.
Following the seminal discovery of Richard Feynman, several micromachines have been made that are capable of several applications, such as solar energy harvesting, remediation of environmental pollution, etc. Here we have synthesized a nanohybrid combining TiO2 nanoparticle and light harvesting robust organic molecule RK1 (2-cyano-3-(4-(7-(5-(4-(diphenylamino)phenyl)-4-octylthiophen-2-yl)benzo[c][1,2,5] thiadiazol-4-yl)phenyl) acrylic acid) as a model micromachine having solar light harvesting ability potential for application in photocatalysis, preparation of solar active devices, etc. Detailed structural characterization, including High Resolution Transmission Electronic Microscopy (HRTEM) and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), has been performed on the nanohybrid. We have studied the excited-state ultrafast dynamics of the efficient push-pull dye RK1 in solution, on mesoporous semiconductor nanoparticles, and in insulator nanoparticles by streak camera (resolution of the order of 500 fs). The dynamics of such photosensitizers in polar solvents have been reported, and it has been observed that completely different dynamics occur when they are attached to the surface of the semiconductor/insulator nanosurface. A femtosecond-resolved fast electron transfer has been reported when photosensitizer RK1 has been attached to the surface of the semiconductor nanoparticle, which in turn plays a crucial role in the development of an efficient light harvesting material. The generation of reactive oxygen species as a result of femtosecond-resolved photoinduced electron injection in the aqueous medium is also investigated in order to explore the possibility of redox-active micromachines, which are found to be crucial for efficient and enhanced photocatalysis. Full article
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Reduction of Viral and Bacterial Activity by Using a Self-Powered Variable-Frequency Electrical Stimulation Device
by Hsin-Yi Tsai, Yu-Hsuan Lin, Kuo-Cheng Huang, Ching-Ching Yang, Chun-Han Chou and Liang-Chieh Chao
Micromachines 2023, 14(2), 282; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi14020282 - 21 Jan 2023
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Viruses and bacteria, which can rapidly spread through droplets and saliva, can have serious effects on people’s health. Viral activity is traditionally inhibited using chemical substances, such as alcohol or bleach, or physical methods, such as thermal energy or ultraviolet-light irradiation. However, such [...] Read more.
Viruses and bacteria, which can rapidly spread through droplets and saliva, can have serious effects on people’s health. Viral activity is traditionally inhibited using chemical substances, such as alcohol or bleach, or physical methods, such as thermal energy or ultraviolet-light irradiation. However, such methods cannot be used in many applications because they have certain disadvantages, such as causing eye or skin injuries. Therefore, in the present study, the electrical stimulation method is used to stimulate a virus, namely, coronavirus 229E, and two types of bacteria, namely, Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus, to efficiently reduce their infectivity of healthy cells (such as the Vero E6 cell in a viral activity-inhibition experiment). The infectivity effects of the aforementioned virus and bacteria were examined under varying values of different electrical stimulation parameters, such as the stimulation current, frequency, and total stimulation time. The experimental results indicate that the activity of coronavirus 229E is considerably inhibited through direct-current pulse stimulation with a current of 25 mA and a frequency of 2 or 20 Hz. In addition, E. coli activity was reduced by nearly 80% in 10 s through alternating-current pulse stimulation with a current of 50 mA and a frequency of 25 Hz. Moreover, a self-powered electrical stimulation device was constructed in this study. This device consists of a solar panel and battery to generate small currents with variable frequencies, which has advantages of self-powered and variable frequencies, and the device can be utilized on desks, chairs, or elevator buttons for the inhibition of viral and bacterial activities. Full article
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