Tissue-mimicking printed networks of droplets separated by lipid bilayers that can be functionalized with membrane proteins are able to spontaneously fold and transmit electrical currents along predefined paths.
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Durmus, N., Tasoglu, S. & Demirci, U. Functional droplet networks. Nature Mater 12, 478–479 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3665
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