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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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Artificial Muscles and Soft Robotic Devices for Treatment of End‐Stage Heart Failure
Alexander Weymann,Javad Foroughi,Robert Vardanyan,Prakash P Punjabi,Bastian Schmack,Sinmisola Aloko,Geoffrey M. Spinks,Chun-Hui Wang,Arian Arjomandi Rad,Arjang Ruhparwar +9 more
TL;DR: The present state and future direction of artificial muscle based soft robotic biomedical devices in supporting the inotropic function of the heart, focusing on the emerging electrothermally artificial heart muscles is reviewed.
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Polymer nanocomposites for biomedical applications
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors proposed to embed nanoparticles into a polymer matrix extensively enhance the bonding between the polymer matrix and filler, resulting from the nanoparticles' high interfacial energy.
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Recent Progress and Future Prospects in Transient Polymer Electronics
TL;DR: In this article , the authors discuss recent advances in the field of transient polymer electronics, highlighting existing strategies for degradation: the use of composites of biodegradable polymers with conducting polymers, the synthesis of copolymers/block Copolymers or graft copolymer of conducting polymer with biodegarable polymer, the synthesisation of fully (bio)degradable conjugated polymers (CLP) with degradable conjUGated linkers, and transience via dissolution of the conjugation polymers.
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Current Progress in Conductive Hydrogels and Their Applications in Wearable Bioelectronics and Therapeutics
Bangul Khan,Saad Abdullah +1 more
TL;DR: A comprehensive review of conductive hydrogels can be found in this paper , where the authors present an overview of recent breakthroughs in conductive materials, including their materials, classification, and applications.
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Enhanced Tensile Properties, Biostability, and Biocompatibility of Siloxane–Cross-Linked Polyurethane Containing Ordered Hard Segments for Durable Implant Application
TL;DR: In this paper , a series of siloxane-modified polyurethane (PU-Si) containing ordered hard segments was developed by a facile method, and the chemical structures were confirmed by FT-IR and XPS.
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