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Conductive Polymers as Bioelectronic Materials
Author(s) -
Onoda Mitsuyoshi,
Abe Yayoi,
Tada Kazuya,
Kawakita Yusuke,
Fujisato Toshia,
Uto Sadahito
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
electronics and communications in japan
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.131
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1942-9541
pISSN - 1942-9533
DOI - 10.1002/ecj.11557
Subject(s) - pedot:pss , conductive polymer , biocompatibility , c2c12 , materials science , polypyrrole , electrode , fibroblast , electrical conductor , polymer , cell culture , biomedical engineering , poly(3,4 ethylenedioxythiophene) , myocyte , nanotechnology , biophysics , chemistry , composite material , polymerization , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , myogenesis , engineering , genetics , metallurgy
SUMMARY Fibroblast L929 and myoblast C2C12 cells of mouse connective tissue origin were sown on the surface of conductive polymer films [polypyrrole ( PPy ) and poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene) ( PEDOT )] in a cell culture medium, and the proliferative process of these cells was observed. Without changing form, fibroblast L929 and myoblast C2C12 cells were observed to proliferate similarly to cells cultured in commercially available dishes and to maintain compatibility. It is inferred that the two conductive polymers used in this study, PPy and PEDOT films, maintain the secretion functions of cells cultured on their surfaces. Therefore, PPy ‐ and PEDOT ‐coated electrodes are possibly usable as nerve stimulation electrodes with biocompatibility, because they have been effective in cell culturing. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electron Comm Jpn, 96(12): 24–31, 2013; Published online in Wiley Online Library ( wileyonlinelibrary.com ). DOI 10.1002/ecj.11557