Implantable Bioelectronics

Here the renowned editor Evgeny Katz has chosen contributions that cover a wide range of examples and issues in implantable bioelectronics, resulting in an excellent overview of the topic. The various implants covered include biosensoric and prosthetic devices, as well as neural and brain implants, while ethical issues, suitable materials, biocompatibility, and energy-harvesting devices are also discussed.
A must-have for both newcomers and established researchers in this interdisciplinary field that connects scientists from chemistry, material science, biology, medicine, and electrical engineering.

Evgeny Katz received his PhD in Chemistry from Frumkin Institute of Electrochemistry, (Moscow) in 1983. He was a Senior Researcher in the Institute of Photosynthesis (Pushchino), Russian Academy of Sciences (1983-1991), a Humboldt Fellow at Technische Universität München (Germany) (1992-1993) and a Research Associate Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1993-2006). Since 2006 he is Milton Kerker Chaired Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, at Clarkson University, New York (USA). He has authored over 340 papers and has a Hirsch-index of 70. Professor Katz served as Editor-in-Chief for IEEE Sensors Journal and is a member of editorial boards of many other journals. His scientific interests are in the areas of bioelectronics, biosensors and biofuel cells.
On February 10, 2011, Thomson Reuters released data identifying the world's top 100 chemists over the past 10 years as ranked by the impact of their published research. Evgeny Katz was included in the list as #63 from approximately a million chemists indexed by Thomson Reuters.

EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION
From implanted medical devices to future cyborgs. Technical possibilities and public concerns
IMPLANTABLE BIOSENSORIC AND PROSTHETIC DEVICES
Implantable CMOS imaging devices
Implanted wireless biotelemetry, neural recording
Prosthetic bioelectronics
NOVEL MATERIALS AND BIOCOMPATIBILITY FOR IMPLANTED DEVICES
Improving the blood and tissue compatibility of implantable bioelectronic devices
Cyborg cells: Functionalisation of living cells with polymers and nanomaterials
NEURAL AND BRAIN IMPLANTS
Neural interfaces: From human nerves to electronics
Implantable electronics for the recovery of neuromuscular functions
Neural pattern recognition for closed-loop neuro-prosthesis
Device-circuit-architecture level for implantable biomedical prosthesis and neural computing
Electronics implanted in brain
IMPLANTABLE ENERGY-SOURCE DEVICES
Potentially implantable biofuel cells: performance of direct electron transfer based biodevices in vitro, in vivo, and in extra vivo situations
Biofuel cells operating in vivo. Interfacing with electronics
Enzymatic fuel cells: From design to implementation in mammals
Abiotic (non-enzymatic) implantable biofuel cells
FROM IMPLANTS TO CYBORGS
Insects interfaced with electronics
Cyborgs
Implanted gadgets
Commercialization of implantable biomedical devices
Implantable bioelectronics: Ethical and policy issues
Conclusions and perspectives