Bioelectronic Devices: Cell Generator: A Self‐Sustaining Biohybrid System Based on Energy Harvesting from Engineered Cardiac Microtissues (Adv. Funct. Mater. 20/2017). (May 2017) - Xu, Bingzhe
Abstract : In article number1606169, Peng Shi and co‐workers fabricate a bio‐hybrid "Cell Generator" by patterning cardiomyocytes on arrays of micro‐cantilevers made of piezoelectric materials. Pulsed contraction of the engineered cardiac constructs provides the source of mechanical energy for electricity generation, which is used to power small biomedical devices. This technology provides an innovative perspective of exploiting live biological components for the development of self‐sustaining cellular machines.