| Researchers have been researching electric eels and found that they rely on salt and water to produce electricity for thousands of years, eel can prey on prey by generating electricity up to 600V and 100W power, scientists have now begun to use this Biodynamic power source for use in a variety of applications that may power pacemakers and future robots.  It is reported that this discovery was published in the journal Nature in December 13. Led by the Adolphe Merkle Institute at the University of Friborg, researchers at the University of California, San Diego and the University of Michigan, the study documents the so-called artificial eel The development of organs, a series of flexible battery-like devices called hydrogels composed of water-based polymer mixtures. As described in the study, the team took inspiration from electric eel, used it in the laboratory 3D printer Effectively reverse engineering.MsShtein, associate professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Michigan, co-author MaxShtein explained: 'eel polarization and depolarization of thousands of cells to release these high voltage transient, from an engineering point of view Look, this is a very attractive system, we need to understand its performance indicators, the basic building blocks and how to use them. ' The basic mechanism of electric eel power revolves around what is known as transmembrane transport, in which electrode cells make up electrical organs along the body of an eel that eats positively charged sodium in and around its prey Ions and potassium ions flood the head of the eel, resulting in a positive charge of the living cells and a negative charge of the tail The result is a battery that flows through each approximately 150 millivolt voltage.Although this may not be much, these electronic cells Voltage plus more power, like a flashlight's AAA battery lineup. In eels, these cells can generate hundreds of volts - including what scientists are trying to reproduce - but instead of using sodium and potassium, researchers have created a system of similar sodium salts and chlorides, The natural composition found in common salt and then dissolved in water-based hydrogels The most advanced organism used by the Adolphe Merkle Institute at the University of Friborg 3D printer , The team generated thousands of tiny droplets of this salty hydrogel on plastic sheets pressed against the second sheet with hydrogel droplets made of pure water.The alternating drop patterns were similar to those found in eels The electrolyte compartments are very similar, resulting in an impressive electrical output. The 612 artificial eel cells produce 110 volts of electricity, about the same amount of energy as a home appliance. Of course, at least, the scientists did not do what they did in the lab for the complex organic systems that naturally evolve millions of years ago, says first author Michael Meryer, professor of biophysics at the Merkle Institute, explains: Electronic organs are so complex that they generate more power than we imitate in the lab, but for us it is important to copy this pattern. "Currently, Mayer points out that his team's hydration The glue system can only stimulate very low-power devices Mayer said: 'The closest device we power to supply may be a pacemaker, however, by adjusting their research and 3D printing Even thinner gels allow us to make stronger electrical outputs. |
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