Photovoltaic bioelectronics merging biology with new generation semiconductors and light in biophotovoltaics photobiomodulation and biosensing
Abstract This review covers advancements in biosensing, biophotovoltaics, and photobiomodulation, focusing on the synergistic use of light, biomaterials, cells or tissues, interfaced with photosensitive dye-sensitized, perovskite, and conjugated polymer organic semiconductors or nanoparticles. Integration of semiconductor and biological systems, using non-invasive light-probes or -stimuli for both sensing and controlling biological behavior, has led to groundbreaking applications like artificial retinas. From fusion of photovoltaics and biology, a new research field emerges: photovoltaic bioelectronics.
Authors
- Shashank Priya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1367-3434)
- Ebin Joseph (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7924-1816)
- Bed Poudel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7760-2016)
- Thomas Meredith Brown (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2141-3587)
- Congcong Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0771-2898)
- Haodong Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4830-4970)
- Maria Assunta Ucci
- Antonella Camaioni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7059-2617)
- Kavya S. Keremane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5276-8482)
- Serena Marcozzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5873-5753)
- Luyao Zheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9140-7265)
- Manuela Ciocca (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8014-9814)
- Kai Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2783-1288)
Institutions
- University of Rome Tor Vergata (IT)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (IT)
- Hubei University (CN)
- Zhejiang University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- npj Biosensing
- Published
- 2024-11-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s44328-024-00015-w
- Citations
- 25
- Primary Topic
- Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.71
Funders
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research