Nature Communications (Aug 2020)

Adaptive self-healing electronic epineurium for chronic bidirectional neural interfaces

  • Kang-Il Song,
  • Hyunseon Seo,
  • Duhwan Seong,
  • Seunghoe Kim,
  • Ki Jun Yu,
  • Yu-Chan Kim,
  • Jinseok Kim,
  • Seok Joon Kwon,
  • Hyung-Seop Han,
  • Inchan Youn,
  • Hyojin Lee,
  • Donghee Son

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18025-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Electronic implantable devices should be soft and stretchable, such that nerves can adapt mechanically and autonomously. Here, the authors present an adaptive self-healing electronic epineurium which can form compressive stress-free and strain-insensitive electronics-nerve interfaces.