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Biodegradable and electrically conducting polymers for biomedical applications
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Conducting polymers have been widely used in biomedical applications such as biosensors and tissue engineering but their non-degradability still poses a limitation.About:
This article is published in Progress in Polymer Science.The article was published on 2013-09-01. It has received 498 citations till now.read more
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Self-healing supramolecular bioelastomers with shape memory property as a multifunctional platform for biomedical applications via modular assembly.
TL;DR: In this article, degradable self-healed supramolecular bioelastomers are designed by an elastic poly(glycerol sebacate) backbone and multiple hydrogen-bonding ureido-pyrimidinone (UPy) grafts.
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Dually Synergetic Network Hydrogels with Integrated Mechanical Stretchability, Thermal Responsiveness, and Electrical Conductivity for Strain Sensors and Temperature Alertors.
Zhiwen Wang,Hongwei Zhou,Weixing Chen,Qiuzhao Li,Bo Yan,Xilang Jin,Aijie Ma,Hanbin Liu,Weifeng Zhao +8 more
TL;DR: The first example of dually synergetic network hydrogel, which has integrated mechanical stretchability, thermal responsiveness, and electrical conductivity, has been constructed by a versatile and topological co-cross-linking approach.
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Mechanically and biologically skin-like elastomers for bio-integrated electronics
Shuo Chen,Lijie Sun,Xiaojun Zhou,Yifan Guo,Jianchun Song,Sihao Qian,Zenghe Liu,Qingbao Guan,Eric M. Jeffries,Wenguang Liu,Yadong Wang,Chuanglong He,Zhengwei You +12 more
TL;DR: This work prepares mechanically and biologically skin-like materials (PSeD-U elastomers) by designing a unique physical and covalent hybrid crosslinking structure and demonstrates the cytocompatibility and biodegradability to achieve better integration with tissues.
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Development of 3D printable conductive hydrogel with crystallized PEDOT:PSS for neural tissue engineering.
TL;DR: In this article, a 3D printable conductive hydrogel that can be photocrosslinked while retaining high electrical conductivity was reported for neural differentiation under electrical stimulation (ES).
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Extremely stretchable and electrically conductive hydrogels with dually synergistic networks for wearable strain sensors
Zhiwen Wang,Hongwei Zhou,Jialiang Lai,Bo Yan,Hanbin Liu,Xilang Jin,Aijie Ma,Gai Zhang,Weifeng Zhao,Weixing Chen +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a class of extremely stretchable and electrically conductive hydrogels with dually synergistic networks are fabricated for wearable resistive-type strain sensors, which have high tensile strength, controllable conductivity and large tensile deformation.
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