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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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Flexible Poly(Amide‐Imide)‐Carbon Black Based Microheater with High‐Temperature Capability and an Extremely Low Temperature Coefficient
Sara Liparoti,Giovanni Landi,Andrea Sorrentino,Vito Speranza,Mukerrrem Cakmak,Heinrich Christoph Neitzert +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of the CB dispersion and its interaction with the polymer chains on the thermal and mechanical properties of the composite films have been investigated by using differential scanning calorimetry thermogravimetric analysis and dynamic mechanical analysis.
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Design of biodegradable and biocompatible conjugated polymers for bioelectronics
Joshua Tropp,Jonathan Rivnay +1 more
TL;DR: Blueprints for the chemical design of biodegradability and biocompatibility for organic semiconductors are presented and current trends and future areas of interest are discussed.
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Peptide-directed assembly of functional supramolecular polymers for biomedical applications: electroactive molecular tongue-twisters (oligoalanine–oligoaniline–oligoalanine) for electrochemically enhanced drug delivery
John G. Hardy,John G. Hardy,Megan N. Amend,Sydney A. Geissler,Sydney A. Geissler,Vincent M. Lynch,Christine E. Schmidt,Christine E. Schmidt +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the preparation and characterization of films of electroactive supramolecular polymers based on non-electroactive oligoalanines and electroactive oligoanilines was reported.
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Bio - Conductive Scaffold Based on Agarose - Polyaniline for Tissue Engineering
Payam Zarrintaj,Iraj Rezaeian,Behnaz Bakhshandeh,Behnam Heshmatian,Mohammad Reza Ganjali,Mohammad Reza Ganjali +5 more
TL;DR: Cell viability test revealed that the conductive substrate enhanced cellular proliferation, and conductive hydrogel performance as a novel candidate for tissue engineering was evaluated.
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