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Bioinspired Prosthetic Interfaces for

Bioelectronics

Saadat Majeed, Muhammad Umer Farooq, and Sayed Tayyab Raza Naqvi

Division of Analytical Chemistry, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan

Naeem Akhtar Khan

IRCBM, COMSAT University Islamabad, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Batool Fatima

Department of Biochemistry, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

Dilshad Hussain

International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences, HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry,

University of Karachi, Pakistan

Fahad Ali

Division of Analytical Chemistry, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan

Muhammad Najam-ul-Haq

Institute of Chemical Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

CONTENTS

9.1 Introduction........................................................................................................................140

9.2 Skin-Inspired Multifunctional Interfaces.......................................................................141

9.2.1 Artificial Mechanoreceptors.................................................................................141

9.2.1.1 Mimicking the SA Receptors – Static Force Transduction..............142

9.2.1.2 Mimicking the Rapid Adapting (RA) Receptors – Dynamic Force

Transduction............................................................................................142

9.2.1.3 Biomimetic Sensors ................................................................................142

9.2.2 Skin-Like Stretchable Electronics........................................................................144

9.2.2.1 Intrinsically Stretchable Materials .......................................................144

9.2.2.2 Extrinsically Stretchable Platforms......................................................144

9.2.3 Multifunctional Electronic Skin as Interactive Interfaces...............................145

9.2.3.1 Electronic Skins for Human..................................................................145

9.2.3.2 Electronic Skins for Prosthesis .............................................................146

9.2.4 Self-Healing and Biodegradability .....................................................................146

9.3 Artificial Biosignal Interfaces ..........................................................................................147

9.3.1 Signal Encoding/Transmission in the Nervous System ................................147

9.3.2 Signal Encoding in Electronic Skin Systems ....................................................147

9.3.2.1 Analog Signal Conversion and Amplification ..................................148

9.3.2.2 Biomimetic Analog to Digital Transform...........................................148

9.3.2.3 Synaptic Signal Processing....................................................................148

DOI: 10.1201/9781003263265-9

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