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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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Biocompatible, Biodegradable, and Electroactive Polyurethane-Urea Elastomers with Tunable Hydrophilicity for Skeletal Muscle Tissue Engineering.
TL;DR: Biodegradable electroactive elastic PUU copolymers with elastomeric property by combining the properties of polyurethanes and conducting polymers are promising materials for repair of soft tissues such as skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle, and nerve.
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Biologically Derived Soft Conducting Hydrogels Using Heparin-Doped Polymer Networks
Hangjun Ding,Mingjiang Zhong,Young Jo Kim,Pitirat Pholpabu,Aditya Balasubramanian,Chin Ming Hui,Hongkun He,Huai Yang,Krzysztof Matyjaszewski,Christopher J. Bettinger +9 more
TL;DR: The use of biologically derived heparins as scaffold materials for fabricating networks with hybrid electronic/ionic conductivity and ultracompliant mechanical properties are described, suggesting that heparin/polyaniline hydrogel networks exhibit suitable physical properties as an electronically active biointerface material that can match the mechanical properties of soft tissues composed of excitable cells.
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Electroconductive biohybrid hydrogel for enhanced maturation and beating properties of engineered cardiac tissues
Kaveh Roshanbinfar,Lena Vogt,Boris Greber,Sebastian Diecke,Aldo R. Boccaccini,Thomas Scheibel,Felix B. Engel +6 more
TL;DR: A biohybrid hydrogel composed of collagen, alginate, and electroconductive poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene):polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) is developed that exhibits extracellular matrix–mimetic fibrous structures and enhanced electrical coupling as well and cardiomyocyte maturation, suggesting maturation of the cardiac tissue.
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Electroactive Smart Polymers for Biomedical Applications.
TL;DR: Details about the ability of these electroactive polymers to mimic muscles by converting electric energy into mechanical energy through an electromechanical response; deliver drugs by changing their internal configuration under an electrical stimulus; and have antimicrobial behavior due to the conduction of electricity, are discussed.
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Polypyrrole/Alginate Hybrid Hydrogels: Electrically Conductive and Soft Biomaterials for Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Culture and Potential Neural Tissue Engineering Applications.
TL;DR: Soft and conductive hydrogels are developed by chemically polymerizing PPy within ionically cross-linked alginate hydrogel networks and will serve as a useful platform to study the effects of electrical and mechanical signals on stem cells and/or neural cells and to develop multifunctional neural tissue engineering scaffolds.
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