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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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Conductive hydrogels for tissue repair
TL;DR: In this article , the authors reviewed the new progress of conductive hydrogels in tissue repair including nerve tissue regeneration, muscle tissue regeneration and bone tissue regeneration in the past five years.
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Central nervous system responses to biomaterials
TL;DR: Polymers (natural or synthetic), metals or ceramics, as well as composite matrices stemming from combinatorial approaches are analyzed, in terms of the inducing response to the CNS tissue, as some major categories of biomaterials that have been utilized in the field.
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Reduced Graphene Oxide-Extracellular Matrix Scaffolds as a Multifunctional and Highly Biocompatible Nanocomposite for Wound Healing: Insights into Characterization and Electroconductive Potential
TL;DR: Structural characteristics such as pore size and interconnectivity as well as superior cell attachment abilities also corroborated the potential of the developed nanoengineered ECM-scaffolds as a multifunctional nanoplatform for application in regenerative medicine and tissue engineering.
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Development and Utilization of Multifunctional Polymeric Scaffolds for the Regulation of Physical Cellular Microenvironments
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the current state-of-the-art functionalized polymeric scaffolds, with an emphasis on electrospun fibers, that modulate the physical cell niche to direct cellular behaviors and subsequent functional tissue development.
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Imaging the Electrochemical Impedance of Single Cells via Conductive Polymer Thin Film.
TL;DR: A novel optical method is proposed and successfully demonstrated that translates the electrochemical impedance information to an optical signal that could be imaged and used to quantify the local responses, which may lead to its broad applications in the clinics and biological research laboratories.
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