Bacterial Nanowires for Organic Electronics
Hey, hope my first post is going where it needs to. That aside, I had an idea for a less conventional project: Biological electronics. In particular, using nanowires from Geobacter as components for self-powered logic gates and maybe even Arduino architecture micro-controllers. However, I'd need someone to culture E. coli to produce the nanowires (see linked paper). Also attached to the context is a document outlining the idea further.
Microelectronics currently requires costly infrastructure and specialized design skills. This greatly increases economic vulnerability and strategic dependencies, as well as removing the ability of an end-user to comprehend the device... By constructing logic gates of electrically sensitive microbes and proteins, a parallel computing architecture can be reconstructed without the need for costly, conventional cleanrooms and industrial facilities.
Happy to detail more if anyone is interested. Thanks!
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Susan Harrington Wed 28 Dec 2022 1:03PM
Hi Yuriy,
This isn't my project, and I haven't yet read the basic papers in this field. But I am also curious about this subject, and the project sounds cool, which is why I was asking about it. I haven't seen any updates though.
Take care,
Susan
Yuriy Fazylov Tue 17 Jan 2023 4:40AM
I skimmed the literature on it a few years back but was convinced that it wasn't what I was up to. I can't recall why that was the case, but imagined that the pilus could be synthesized off of a rolling circle translation to give the wire continuity.
Danny Mon 20 Feb 2023 3:42PM
I had an email exchange with John and David. They are not interested in updating this thread and are not actively checking it anymore. I will close the thread and archive. I still think that it's an interesting idea that could be the nucleus of a project at BwoB, but it will need folks who are interested in putting work into it.
Yuriy Fazylov · Fri 23 Dec 2022 5:29PM
Hi
Any new developments?
I am kind of curious.
How much electrons, in S cm^(-1), have you been able to shuttle across the protein polymer? Does it stay intact after continuous use or on off repeat cycle?