Brain Interfaces Made of Silk
April 19, 2010 | Source: Technology Review
A group of researchers is building biocompatible electronics on thin, flexible substrates made of biodegradable, mechanically strong silk films.
When it’s placed on brain tissue and wetted with saline, a silk film will shrink-wrap around the surface of the brain, bringing electrodes with it into the wrinkles of the tissue, without scarring.