Electrical circuit components made from silkworm silk with silkworm-digested structured materials and methods for manufacturing same
AssigneeThe American University in Cairo
InventorsNageh K. Allam, Basant A. Ali
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing an electrical circuit component includes preparing a mixture of a structured material and silkworm food. The method further includes feeding the mixture to at least one silkworm. The method further includes harvesting silk produced by the at least one silkworm, wherein the harvested silk includes at least one silkworm silk fiber including silkworm-digested portions of the structured material embedded in or on the at least one fiber. The method further includes incorporating the at least one fiber into an electrical circuit component.
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An electrical circuit component comprising:
- at least one fiber of silkworm silk, the at least one fiber having an outer surface and an interior region bounded by the outer surface;
- a plurality of portions of silkworm-digested, structured material located in the interior region or on the outer surface of the at least one fiber, wherein the at least one fiber and the silkworm-digested, structured material have a desired electrical property, wherein the structured material comprises a conductive material that was fed to at least one silkworm and digested by the at least one silkworm;
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- at least one conductor for connecting the at least one fiber to an electrical circuit, wherein the at least one fiber forms a first electrode and further comprising a second electrode and an electrolyte located between the first and second electrodes, wherein the first and second electrodes and the electrolyte form a supercapacitor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.