Tel Aviv University

Universitaet Linz

Konarka Austria Forschungs-und Entwicklungs Gmbh

Niyazi Serdar Sariciftci

Christoph Brabec

Yael Hanein

Erhard Glöetzl

David Rand

Marie Jakesova

Eric Daniel Glowacki

Gur Lubin

An efficient nanoscale semiconducting optoelectronic system, containing a P/N acceptor donor organic hetrojunction which is optimized for neuronal stimulation—an organic electrolytic photocapacitor. The devices comprise a thin (80 nm) trilayer of metal and p-n semiconducting organic nanocrystals. When illuminated in physiological solution, these metal-semiconductor devices charge up, transducing light pulses into localized displacement currents that are strong enough to electrically stimulate neurons with safe light intensities.

Device and method for neurostimulation

This invention relates to a transparent flat body including two transparent cover layers () that confine between them an active layer () whose transparency varies in an electric field and disposed between two electrode layers () optionally subdivided into sections, and a photovoltaic element that is connected to two electrode layers (), preferably via a control stage (), and that includes a photoactive layer () between the two electrode layers () of the photovoltaic element (), characterized in that the photoactive layer () is made of two transparent molecular components in a manner known per se, one of the two electrode layers () of the active layer () is simultaneously one of the two electrode layers () of the photovoltaic element (), and the two transparent cover layers () confine between them both the photovoltaic element () and the active layer ().

Transparent flat body

Growing community of inventors

Linz, Austria

Niyazi Serdar Sariciftci