Hybrid transistors with silk protein set stage for integration of biology and microelectronics

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-10-hybrid-transistors-silk-protein-stage.html

"replacing insulators with silk fibroin precisely deposited onto surfaces and modified so detects components from body or environment... absorbs moisture at nanoscale rearranging silk's ions to gel triggering on-state allowing any gate value between 0 and 1... scalable, self-train, record memory directly in transistor... ultrafast breath sensor detecting humidity, carbon dioxide and other gas and molecule levels, cardiovascular, pulmonary, and sleep apnea disease sensors, sense oxygenation, glucose, and antibody blood levels"