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An electric-eel-inspired soft power source from stacked hydrogels

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  • Thomas B. H. Schroeder

    (University of Michigan
    Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg)

  • Anirvan Guha

    (Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg)

  • Aaron Lamoureux

    (University of Michigan)

  • Gloria VanRenterghem

    (University of Michigan)

  • David Sept

    (University of Michigan
    Center for Computational Medicine and Biology, University of Michigan)

  • Max Shtein

    (University of Michigan)

  • Jerry Yang

    (University of California San Diego)

  • Michael Mayer

    (Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg
    University of Michigan)

Abstract

Miniature hydrogel compartments in scalable stacked and folded geometries were used to prepare a contact-activated artificial electric organ.

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  • Thomas B. H. Schroeder & Anirvan Guha & Aaron Lamoureux & Gloria VanRenterghem & David Sept & Max Shtein & Jerry Yang & Michael Mayer, 2017. "An electric-eel-inspired soft power source from stacked hydrogels," Nature, Nature, vol. 552(7684), pages 214-218, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:552:y:2017:i:7684:d:10.1038_nature24670
    DOI: 10.1038/nature24670
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    1. Riti Thapar Kapoor & Mohd Rafatullah & Mohammad Qamar & Mohammad Qutob & Abeer M. Alosaimi & Hajer S. Alorfi & Mahmoud A. Hussein, 2022. "Review on Recent Developments in Bioinspired-Materials for Sustainable Energy and Environmental Applications," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(24), pages 1-30, December.
    2. Ren, Qinlong & Zhu, Huangyi & Chen, Kelei & Zhang, J.F. & Qu, Z.G., 2022. "Similarity principle based multi-physical parameter unification and comparison in salinity-gradient osmotic energy conversion," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 307(C).

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