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Conducting Polymer Microcups for Organic Bioelectronics and Drug Delivery Applications
Author(s) -
Antensteiner Martin,
Khorrami Milad,
Fallahianbijan Fatemeh,
Borhan Ali,
Abidian Mohammad Reza
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201702576
Subject(s) - bioelectronics , materials science , nanotechnology , polymer , drug delivery , conductive polymer , fabrication , dispersity , biosensor , polymer chemistry , composite material , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
An ideal neural device enables long‐term, sensitive, and selective communication with the nervous system. To accomplish this task, the material interface should mimic the biophysical and the biochemical properties of neural tissue. By contrast, microfabricated neural probes utilize hard metallic conductors, which hinder their long‐term performance because these materials are not intrinsically similar to soft neural tissue. This study reports a method for the fabrication of monodisperse conducting polymer microcups. It is demonstrated that the physical surface properties of conducting polymer microcups can be precisely modulated to control electrical properties and drug‐loading/release characteristics.