A group of researchers has produced an artificial organic neuron, or a nerve cell, that can be integrated with a living plant and an artificial organic synapse for the first time.
The researchers used the carnivorous Venus flytrap to demonstrate how they can guide the biological system with the artificial organic system, which is made from printed organic electrochemical transistors, and get them to communicate.
Their inventive approach enabled them to utilize electrical pulses from the artificial nerve cell to cause the plant’s leaves to close, despite the fact that no fly had entered the trap.
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