According to the United Kingdom, "New Scientist" magazine reported that scientists have recently said that people of blood glucose for energy in the yeast cells that one day people will be driven into the body of the electronic devices, such as pacemakers. This vivid self-generated power, periodic replacement of batteries in order to replace conventional surgery. Since the University of British Columbia, Canada will be a team of scientists at yeast encapsulation soft capsules, has been developed to such a micro fuel cell micro-organisms, can be applied to the treatment of paralysis of the spinal intracellular microelectrode such electronic devices. engaged in the development of this yeast fuel cell scientists, said spine microelectrodes implanted in the spine necessary therefore very difficult to replace batteries.
The yeast cell through a new division to achieve growth
This fuel cell driven by the yeast
Electrode formed on the "mini-poles" can improve the transmission capacity of fuel cells
To rely on traditional high-temperature fuel cell catalysts such as platinum to electron spin-off from the fuel, resulting in current. And this microbial fuel cell in living cells by taking advantage of the low-temperature catalysts - enzymes to generate a current. The simplest approach is that, when the cells began to break down food when direct "steal" of the electron generated by cells. This approach is in the "e-intermediary" to help achieve the so-called "e-intermediary" is small enough chemicals through the cell access to electronics, but also from the following run out of cells.
The new fuel cell component from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the yeast sealed by poly dimethyl siloxane (PDMS) material in the capsule, together constitute the fuel cell. Scientists currently developed fuel cells that are Samples micron level, with an area of 15 square microns, 1.4 microns thick. The study published in the latest publication of the results of the "Journal of Microelectronic Systems" on.
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