Bacterial metallic nanowires or nanoparticles synthesized from bacterial metabolism are garnering considerable attention because of their high potential for use in various future applications.
Recent research has generated a wealth of new scientific and technological results that clearly demonstrate bacterial capabilities for producing conductive nanomaterials. We explore this bacterial biosynthetic ability for use in bottom-up manufacturing techniques.
Several methods are investigated for fabricating flexible electronic circuits on paper or textile device substrates. The circuits are formed from metallic nanomaterials that are biosynthesized during bacterial metabolism.