Self-rectifying magnetoelectric device for remote neural regeneration and function restoration

Recently,Joshua C.Chen,Gauri Bhave,and Jacob T.Robinson from Rice University reported a magnetoelectric nonlinear metamaterial(MNM)for neural signal transmission and nerve function restoration.1 Nonlinear charge transport between the semiconductor layers enabled this magnetoelectric(ME)metamaterial to have a nonlinear ME coupling coefficient,which allowed for self-rectification(Figure 1).