A ‘sweet’ solution to softer microelectrode arrays

Research teams from the Technical University of Munich (Germany) and Forschungszentrum Jülich (Jülich, Germany) have successfully printed microelectrodes onto gummy candy, amongst other soft substrates, in an effort to improve the current standard of diagnostics utilizing microelectrode arrays. Research teams from the Technical University of Munich (Germany) and Forschungszentrum Jülich (Jülich, Germany) have teamed up and successfully inkjet printed a microelectrode array onto a gummy bear, in a study which has the potential to revolutionize medical diagnostics. Microelectrodes are capable of directly measuring electrical signals in the brain or heart by detecting voltage changes resulting from activity in muscle or...