Life-Nanomachine Synergism: From Subcellular-Sized Bioelectronic Interfaces to Brain-Like Ultra Energy-Efficient Nanoelectronics

Typical biomedical implants are large (mm-cm in scale) and are highly invasive. To overcome these challenges, we are developing sub-cellular sized bioelectronic devices which are much smaller than the size of even a single cell. These devices can either reside inside a cell or in between cells and provide biological interfacing with high spatio temporal precision. These can have applications in sensing biological signals as well as modulating them for therapeutics. Going beyond bio-interfacing, I will also discuss how we can learn from biology and build devices that act like the brain for achieving highly enrgy efficient and environmentally sustainable Artificial Intelligence.