Conductive polymers: Towards a smart biomaterial for tissue engineering
University of Manchester · Keele University
Abstract
Developing stimulus-responsive biomaterials with easy-to-tailor properties is a highly desired goal of the tissue engineering community. A novel type of electroactive biomaterial, the conductive polymer, promises to become one such material. Conductive polymers are already used in fuel cells, computer displays and microsurgical tools, and are now finding applications in the field of biomaterials. These versatile polymers can be synthesised alone, as hydrogels, combined into composites or electrospun into microfibres. They can be created to be biocompatible and biodegradable. Their physical properties can easily be optimized for a specific application through binding biologically important molecules into the…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 74.00
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- 100%
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3Topics & keywords
- Biomaterial
- Materials science
- Tissue engineering
- Electrical conductor
- Polymer
- Biomedical engineering
- Conductive polymer
- Electrically conductive