Affiliation:
1. Research Center for Materials Architectures and Integration of Nanomembranes (MAIN) Chemnitz University of Technology 09126 Chemnitz Germany
2. Material Systems for Nanoelectronics Chemnitz University of Technology 09126 Chemnitz Germany
3. European Centre for Living Technology (ECLT) Ca' Bottacin Dorsoduro 3911 Venice 30123 Italy
Abstract
AbstractMicroelectronic morphogenesis is the creation and maintenance of complex functional structures by microelectronic information within shape‐changing materials. Only recently has in‐built information technology begun to be used to reshape materials and their functions in three dimensions to form smart microdevices and microrobots. Electronic information that controls morphology is inheritable like its biological counterpart, genetic information, and is set to open new vistas of technology leading to artificial organisms when coupled with modular design and self‐assembly that can make reversible microscopic electrical connections. Three core capabilities of cells in organisms, self‐maintenance (homeostatic metabolism utilizing free energy), self‐containment (distinguishing self from nonself), and self‐reproduction (cell division with inherited properties), once well out of reach for technology, are now within the grasp of information‐directed materials. Construction‐aware electronics can be used to proof‐read and initiate game‐changing error correction in microelectronic self‐assembly. Furthermore, noncontact communication and electronically supported learning enable one to implement guided self‐assembly and enhance functionality. Here, the fundamental breakthroughs that have opened the pathway to this prospective path are reviewed, the extent and way in which the core properties of life can be addressed are analyzed, and the potential and indeed necessity of such technology for sustainable high technology in society is discussed.
Funder
HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme
HORIZON EUROPE European Research Council
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,General Materials Science
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