A size equivalent to only half of the body of the virus-cell battery is being developed, if successful, will help is becoming more and more small electronic devices rapidly “downsizing”
Electronic equipment getting smaller and smaller, but by providing them with basic driving force of the battery has become a “slimming” one of the obstacles. In addition, since the design of electronic products more clever, more sophisticated, designers often hope that the battery is flexible and Renjin, fully electronic equipment Futie in the beautiful curve. To solve these problems, scientists have tried various methods and have achieved good results, but almost very few people will want to use a色变of the virus as the raw material for micro-batteries.
Recently, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) researchers announced that they are being developed by the virus composed of micro-batteries, a recently published “The United States National Academy of Sciences” (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) published This item to the latest research results. Currently, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers have completed a micro-battery three main components of the two, and to create a complete virus batteries, to them, now only a matter of time. Micro-batteries of each electrode only four microns in diameter, according to the researchers estimated that the ultimate size of the battery equivalent to only half of the body’s cells.
Responsible for virus-cell research projects, is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor of materials science, Angela. Beuchel (Angela Belcher) and her two colleagues often that the industry (Yet-Ming Chiang), Paula. Hammond (Paula Hammond). Angela. Beuchel research and development of three major weapons, are soft-etching technology (soft lithography), micro-contact lithography technology (microcontact printing), and the virus based on the automatic assembly technology (virus-based self-assembly). Soft-etching technique used to create micro-battery electrode in the model. In the top of the battery electrode, as these virus genes have been through a transformation, the researchers used the virus-based auto-assembly technology, the accumulation of the virus, this virus has cobalt oxide molecules (obalt oxide molecules) of protein. These proteins also gathered a number of dual-polymer layer of solid electrolyte and battery isolation, so that the battery electrode at the top of the polymer layer formed anode. At the same time, each battery electrodes are covered with a layer and electrolytic cobalt oxide anode. As a result of contacts and micro-lithography technology, micro-batteries that can mount in a variety of surfaces, as implanted medical devices or implanted sensors, even for a new generation of single-chip to provide electrical energy should be handy.
“Up to now, our research group has completed the micro-battery on the two parts of the R & D and testing work, this development work does not need the help of expensive research equipment and installations, another point to say that our entire work Are completed at room temperature. “Angela. Beuchel said she and her team of environmental protection research and development of such a manner, showing some pride. These researchers followed the work is to develop micro-battery cathode, which requires a second GM after the virus to complete.
Daily life, the virus is a daunting biological people. However, in biological technology, the use of special biological materials such as research, is not how incredible things. Angela is the same. Beuchel’s team last year, when they research the virus in the composition of the future high-tech fiber as raw material in military uniform. The virus is terrible, but the development of science and technology has given way to human beings have the ability to control these organisms.
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