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Microelectronic Morphogenesis: Smart Materials with Electronics Assembling into Artificial Organisms.

John S McCaskill^1,2,3, Daniil Karnaushenko^1,2, Minshen Zhu^1,2

¹Research Center for Materials, Architectures and Integration of Nanomembranes (MAIN), Chemnitz University of Technology, 09126, Chemnitz, Germany.

Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)

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Summary

Microelectronic morphogenesis uses information to shape materials into smart microdevices. This technology mimics life

Keywords:

artificial organisms complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor electronics intelligent materials microrobots

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Area of Science:

Materials Science
Micro/Nano Engineering
Artificial Intelligence

Background:

Microelectronic morphogenesis leverages information embedded in shape-changing materials.
Emerging in-built information technology reshapes materials in 3D for smart microdevices and microrobots.
Electronic information controlling morphology exhibits inheritable properties, akin to genetic information.

Purpose of the Study:

To review fundamental breakthroughs enabling microelectronic morphogenesis.
To analyze the integration of core cellular properties into technological systems.
To discuss the potential and necessity of this technology for sustainable high technology.

Main Methods:

Review of scientific literature on information-directed materials and microelectronic self-assembly.
Analysis of how cellular capabilities (self-maintenance, self-containment, self-reproduction) can be technologically replicated.
Exploration of construction-aware electronics, noncontact communication, and electronically supported learning for guided self-assembly.

Main Results:

Technological replication of cellular self-maintenance, self-containment, and self-reproduction is becoming feasible.
Modular design and self-assembly with reversible microscopic electrical connections pave the way for artificial organisms.
Construction-aware electronics facilitate error correction in microelectronic self-assembly.

Conclusions:

Information-directed materials are poised to create artificial organisms through modular design and self-assembly.
The core properties of life are increasingly achievable in technological systems.
This technology is crucial for developing sustainable high-technology solutions for society.