title: Towards plant wires.
abstract: In experimental laboratory studies we evaluate a possibility of making electrical wires from living plants. In scoping experiments we use lettuce seedlings as a prototype model of a plant wire. We approximate an electrical potential transfer function by applying direct current voltage to the lettuce seedlings and recording output voltage. We analyse oscillation frequencies of the output potential and assess noise immunity of the plant wires. Our findings will be used in future designs of self-growing wetware circuits and devices, and integration of plant-based electronic components into future and emergent bio-hybrid systems.
authors.affiliation: Unconventional Computing Centre, University of the West of England, Bristol BS16 1QY, United Kingdom. Electronic address: andrew.adamatzky@uwe.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Adamatzky
mesh_terms: D019295:Computational Biology / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000639:trends; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D017097:Electric Impedance; D004559:Electric Wiring; D004581:Electronics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000639:trends; D018545:Lactuca; D036226:Seedlings / Q000378:metabolism*
keywords: Bio-electronics; Bio-wires; Plants; Potential transfer function