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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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Versatile Method for Producing 2D and 3D Conductive Biomaterial Composites Using Sequential Chemical and Electrochemical Polymerization.
TL;DR: Overall, this two-step technique expanded the range of available polymers and dopants suitable for the synthesis of mechanically robust, biocompatible, and highly conductive silk-based materials.
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Preparation of carboxylic graphene oxide-composited polypyrrole conduits and their effect on sciatic nerve repair under electrical stimulation.
TL;DR: The results of in vivo electrophysiological and histological evaluation indicated that, the sciatic nerve defect could be repaired in C-GO/PPy/PLLA conduit, and the repair efficiency of ES & conduit group was closer to that of autograft group.
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Development of Citrate-based Dual-Imaging Enabled Biodegradable Electroactive Polymers.
Dingying Shan,Sri Rajasekhar Kothapalli,Sri Rajasekhar Kothapalli,Dino J. Ravnic,Ethan Gerhard,Jimin P. Kim,Jinshan Guo,Chuying Ma,Jiazhi Guo,Li Gui,Lin Sun,Di Lu,Jian Yang +12 more
TL;DR: It is envisioned that the biodegradable dual‐imaging‐enabled electroactive citrate‐based biomaterial platform will expand the currently available theranostic material systems and open new avenues for diversified biomedical and biological applications via the demonstrated multifunctionality.
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Biocompatible In Situ Polymerization of Multipurpose Polyacrylamide-Based Hydrogels on Skin via Silver Ion Catalyzation.
Haifeng Ji,Xin Song,Huitong Cheng,Longbo Luo,Jianbo Huang,Chao He,Jiarui Yin,Weifeng Zhao,Li Qiu,Changsheng Zhao +9 more
TL;DR: It is discovered that silver ions could catalyze free radical polymerization under ambient by transforming hydrone into hydroxyl radicals in the presence of ammonium persulfate and the in-situ formed hydrogels prepared by this way showed great histocompatibility, hemocomp compatibility, cytocompatible and immunOCompatibility.
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Single component thermo-gelling electroactive hydrogels from poly(caprolactone)–poly(ethylene glycol)–poly(caprolactone)-graft-aniline tetramer amphiphilic copolymers
Xin Zhao,Baolin Guo,Peter X. Ma +2 more
TL;DR: These injectable biodegradable and conductive hydrogels with good biocompatibility are promising candidates for the repair of soft tissues where electrical signals are needed.
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