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Soft Gold Electrode Helps Nerves To Connect With Electronics | The soft gold wires stretch along with the body’s movements, without poking or damaging surrounding tissues.
A new process for making gold nanowire has allowed researchers to create soft and stretchable electrodes that could bridge the connection between the body’s nervous system and electronics. This could lead to new treatments for epilepsy, Parkinson's disease and more.
The team believes that this “soft gold” could be used to bridge the connection between the body’s nervous system and electronics, opening up new avenues for treating medical conditions such as epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease or paralysis. The mechanical properties of the nervous system are more reminiscent of soft jelly,” said senior study author Klas Tybrandt, professor of materials science at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics at Linköping University. The Linköping University researchers are now focused on refining this material, with the goal of creating different types of electrodes that are even smaller and can come into closer contact with nerve cells.
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