Conducting polymers in biomedical engineering

2007 ◽  
Vol 32 (8-9) ◽  
pp. 876-921 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathalie K. Guimard ◽  
Natalia Gomez ◽  
Christine E. Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Conducting Polymers ◽  
Biomedical Engineering

scholarly journals Applications of conducting polymers and their issues in biomedical engineering

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (suppl_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajeswari Ravichandran ◽  
Subramanian Sundarrajan ◽  
Jayarama Reddy Venugopal ◽  
Shayanti Mukherjee ◽  
Seeram Ramakrishna
Keyword(s):  
Conducting Polymers ◽  
Surface Functionalization ◽  
Biomedical Engineering ◽  
Surface Modifications ◽  
Cellular Mechanisms ◽  
Guidance Cues ◽  
Physico Chemical ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Tissue Interface ◽  
The Stability

Conducting polymers (CPs) have attracted much interest as suitable matrices of biomolecules and have been used to enhance the stability, speed and sensitivity of various biomedical devices. Moreover, CPs are inexpensive, easy to synthesize and versatile because their properties can be readily modulated by (i) surface functionalization techniques and (ii) the use of a wide range of molecules that can be entrapped or used as dopants. This paper discusses the various surface modifications of the CP that can be employed in order to impart physico-chemical and biological guidance cues that promote cell adhesion/proliferation at the polymer–tissue interface. This ability of the CP to induce various cellular mechanisms widens its applications in medical fields and bioengineering.

Electronic structure studies of conducting polymers by electron energy-loss spectroscopy

1996 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 160-161
Author(s):  
J. Fink
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Structure ◽  
Conducting Polymers ◽  
Conjugated Polymers ◽  
Electron Acceptors ◽  
Electron Donors ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
New Class ◽  
Electrical Conductivities ◽  
Electron Energy Loss

Conducting polymers comprises a new class of materials achieving electrical conductivities which rival those of the best metals. The parent compounds (conjugated polymers) are quasi-one-dimensional semiconductors. These polymers can be doped by electron acceptors or electron donors. The prototype of these materials is polyacetylene (PA). There are various other conjugated polymers such as polyparaphenylene, polyphenylenevinylene, polypoyrrole or polythiophene. The doped systems, i.e. the conducting polymers, have intersting potential technological applications such as replacement of conventional metals in electronic shielding and antistatic equipment, rechargable batteries, and flexible light emitting diodes.Although these systems have been investigated almost 20 years, the electronic structure of the doped metallic systems is not clear and even the reason for the gap in undoped semiconducting systems is under discussion.

Solid state 13C NMR in conducting polymers

1985 ◽  
Vol 46 (9) ◽  
pp. 1595-1601 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Devreux ◽  
G. Bidan ◽  
A.A. Syed ◽  
C. Tsintavis
Keyword(s):  
Solid State ◽  
Conducting Polymers ◽  
13C Nmr ◽  
Solid State 13C Nmr

SOLID STATE BATTERIES WITH CONDUCTING POLYMERS

1983 ◽  
Vol 44 (C3) ◽  
pp. C3-567-C3-572 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Bénière ◽  
D. Boils ◽  
H. Cánepa ◽  
J. Franco ◽  
A. Le Corre ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solid State ◽  
Conducting Polymers ◽  
Solid State Batteries

Theory of conducting polymers

1982 ◽  
Vol 136 (3) ◽  
pp. 535
Author(s):  
S.A. Brazovskii
Keyword(s):  
Conducting Polymers
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