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US 12,218,609 B2Granted
Virus-based piezoelectric energy generation
AssigneeThe Regents of the University of California
InventorsSeung-Wuk Lee, Byung Yang Lee
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AssigneeThe Regents of the University of California
InventorsSeung-Wuk Lee, Byung Yang Lee
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The present invention provides for a modified virus, such as a recombinant M13 phage, which in an array, such as a film, is capable of producing piezoelectricity. The modified virus comprises a coat protein can displays a negatively charged amino acid sequence. The present invention provides for a device comprising a piezoelectric element comprising a suitable virus, such as the modified virus, a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface is in contact with a first electrode and the second surface is in contact with a second electrode, wherein when pressure is applied to the film, the film is capable of generating an electric current. The present invention provides for a method of making the device, and a method for generating electricity using the device.
A piezoelectric device for energy generation or actuation comprising a piezoelectric element comprising a virus comprising a viral capsid comprising a coat protein recombinantly modified to comprise a negatively charged amino acid sequence within the first 50 amino acid residues of the viral capsid's N-terminus;
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