A FLOWER real in appearance except that its sap is made up of electrical circuits and sensors. This is the first pink bionic obtained from Magnus Berggren , Swedish University of Linkoping, and described in the journal Science Advances. Organic electronics and plant biology together to exploit and amplify the electrical activity produced naturally by plants. The experiment opens a new field of research with implications, for example, on a new generation of solar cells or of sensors capable of controlling the growth of plants. The cables inserted in the modified plants are not normal electrical wires, but thin polymer filaments created in the laboratory and able to grow within the network of lymphatic vessels without damaging them. Up to 10 centimeters long, the filaments are capable of carrying electrical signals from and to each point of the plant. For example the leaves can turn into a sort of ‘screen’ plant because every point of their surface can be electrically stressed in different ways, can change color at will. “Now – said Berggren – we can begin to talk about how plants ‘power stations’. We can for example put sensors in plants and use the energy provided by chlorophyll, green produce antennas or completely new materials. “ Even Ove Nilsson , one the co-authors of the research, stressed that “we will now be able to influence the concentration of various substances in the plant that regulate the growth and development”.
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- rose
- Bionic
- circuit
- sensors
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- Science Advances
- Carnivorous plants
- chlorophyll
- Starring:
- Ove Nilsson
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