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Celery Electronics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2020

Rhiannon Morris ,
Holly Warren  and
Marc in het Panhuis Open the ORCID record for Marc in het Panhuis [Opens in a new window]
Rhiannon Morris
Affiliation:
School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, AIIM Facility, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
Holly Warren
Affiliation:
ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, AIIM Facility, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
Marc in het Panhuis*
Affiliation:
School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, AIIM Facility, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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*(Email: panhuis@uow.edu.au)
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Abstract

Plants produce energy in a sustainable way, they are very effective in converting light energy into a useable form. Utilising certain parts of plants in technology could become an efficient way to enhance energy production and improve sustainability. Integrating plants with technology would offer a ‘green’ way of producing elements for electronic circuits and reduce heavy metal waste. In this paper, we demonstrate that conducting polymers can be incorporated into living system such as celery. Electrical impedance analysis was used to establish the conductivity of celery with a conducting polymer (PEDOT:PSS) into its vascular system. It was demonstrated that electronic celery exhibited conductivity values of up to 0.55 ± 0.03 S/cm. This conductivity value was sufficient to demonstrate the potential of celery electronics where celery stalks are used as electrodes in simple circuits.

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biomaterialcompositeelectrical properties
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MRS Advances , Volume 5 , Issue 16: Soft Materials and Biomaterials , 2020 , pp. 847 - 853
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2020

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