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US 2020/0090830 A1Published application
Conductive composite materials fabricated with protein nanowires
AssigneeUniversity of Massachusetts
InventorsDerek R. LOVLEY, Todd EMRICK, Yun-Lu SUN, Brian Montz
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Abstract
Electrically conductive polymeric composite materials include microbially produced protein nanowires. The conductive composites are useful in diverse electronic materials applications, particularly in applications requiring biocompatibility, such as sensors and wearable electronics.
Claims16
An electronically conductive polymeric composite comprising:
- a polymeric matrix;
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- a plurality of electronically conductive protein nanowires dispersed within the polymeric matrix.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.