New soft electronics developed to capture brain signals

Researchers have developed new soft electronic technology that could offer an innovative approach for capturing brain signals.

A team from Linkoping University have produced an elastic material composite that is biocompatible and able to retain high electrical conductivity, even when stretched to double its original length. 

This makes it possible to establish connections between electronic components and nerve cells, offering a means of monitoring cell signalling and aiding the diagnosis and treatment of neurological disorders and diseases such as epilepsy.

When implanted into the brain of rats, the devices were able to provide high-quality neural signals for three months, while allowing the animals to continue to move freely.

Klas Tybrandt, leader of the soft electronics group at the laboratory of organic electronics at Linkoping University, said: "We have developed a process to manufacture small electrodes that also preserves the biocompatibility of the materials. The process uses very little material, and this means that we can work with a relatively expensive material such as gold, without the cost becoming prohibitive."

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