Electricity from the Silk Cocoon Membrane

Silk cocoon membrane (SCM) is an insect engineered structure. We studied the electrical properties of mulberry (Bombyx mori) and non-mulberry (Tussar, Antheraea mylitta) SCM. When dry, SCM behaves like an insulator. On absorbing moisture, it generates electrical current, which is modulated by temper...

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Autores principales: Tulachan, Brindan, Meena, Sunil Kumar, Rai, Ratan Kumar, Mallick, Chandrakant, Kusurkar, Tejas Sanjeev, Teotia, Arun Kumar, Sethy, Niroj Kumar, Bhargava, Kalpana, Bhattacharya, Shantanu, Kumar, Ashok, Sharma, Raj Kishore, Sinha, Neeraj, Singh, Sushil Kumar, Das, Mainak
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4069722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24961354
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep05434
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author Tulachan, Brindan
Meena, Sunil Kumar
Rai, Ratan Kumar
Mallick, Chandrakant
Kusurkar, Tejas Sanjeev
Teotia, Arun Kumar
Sethy, Niroj Kumar
Bhargava, Kalpana
Bhattacharya, Shantanu
Kumar, Ashok
Sharma, Raj Kishore
Sinha, Neeraj
Singh, Sushil Kumar
Das, Mainak
author_facet Tulachan, Brindan
Meena, Sunil Kumar
Rai, Ratan Kumar
Mallick, Chandrakant
Kusurkar, Tejas Sanjeev
Teotia, Arun Kumar
Sethy, Niroj Kumar
Bhargava, Kalpana
Bhattacharya, Shantanu
Kumar, Ashok
Sharma, Raj Kishore
Sinha, Neeraj
Singh, Sushil Kumar
Das, Mainak
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description Silk cocoon membrane (SCM) is an insect engineered structure. We studied the electrical properties of mulberry (Bombyx mori) and non-mulberry (Tussar, Antheraea mylitta) SCM. When dry, SCM behaves like an insulator. On absorbing moisture, it generates electrical current, which is modulated by temperature. The current flowing across the SCM is possibly ionic and protonic in nature. We exploited the electrical properties of SCM to develop simple energy harvesting devices, which could operate low power electronic systems. Based on our findings, we propose that the temperature and humidity dependent electrical properties of the SCM could find applications in battery technology, bio-sensor, humidity sensor, steam engines and waste heat management.
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spelling pubmed-40697222014-08-27 Electricity from the Silk Cocoon Membrane Tulachan, Brindan Meena, Sunil Kumar Rai, Ratan Kumar Mallick, Chandrakant Kusurkar, Tejas Sanjeev Teotia, Arun Kumar Sethy, Niroj Kumar Bhargava, Kalpana Bhattacharya, Shantanu Kumar, Ashok Sharma, Raj Kishore Sinha, Neeraj Singh, Sushil Kumar Das, Mainak Sci Rep Article Silk cocoon membrane (SCM) is an insect engineered structure. We studied the electrical properties of mulberry (Bombyx mori) and non-mulberry (Tussar, Antheraea mylitta) SCM. When dry, SCM behaves like an insulator. On absorbing moisture, it generates electrical current, which is modulated by temperature. The current flowing across the SCM is possibly ionic and protonic in nature. We exploited the electrical properties of SCM to develop simple energy harvesting devices, which could operate low power electronic systems. Based on our findings, we propose that the temperature and humidity dependent electrical properties of the SCM could find applications in battery technology, bio-sensor, humidity sensor, steam engines and waste heat management. Nature Publishing Group 2014-06-25 /pmc/articles/PMC4069722/ /pubmed/24961354 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep05434 Text en Copyright © 2014, Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder in order to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Sethy, Niroj Kumar
Bhargava, Kalpana
Bhattacharya, Shantanu
Kumar, Ashok
Sharma, Raj Kishore
Sinha, Neeraj
Singh, Sushil Kumar
Das, Mainak
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