Patent ID: 11916156
Assignee: THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  A  B  G | IPC A  B  G  H

Claim 18:
19. A biomimetic electrochemical eye (EC-EYE), comprising:
a nanowire (NW) device that comprises a plurality of perovskite NWs, wherein each of the plurality of perovskite NWs is configured to generate a current based on a detected light intensity, and wherein the plurality of perovskite NWs are grown on the NW device using a vapor-phase process, wherein the NW device is hemispherical and the EC-EYE is spherical;
a plurality of liquid metal (LM) nerve fibers operatively coupled to the NW device, wherein the plurality of LM nerve fibers are configured to provide a plurality of currents associated with the plurality of perovskite NWs to a computing device, wherein each of the LM nerve fibers is electrically connected to a subset of the plurality of perovskite NWs; and
a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) eye socket with a hole array for the plurality of LM nerve fibers, wherein the PDMS nerve socket is fabricated using a 3-dimensional (3-D) printer, wherein the plurality of LM nerve fibers are injected into tubes using LM patterning and inserted into holes of the hole array.