Conducting Polymers: A Versatile Material for Biomedical Applications

Title

Conducting Polymers: A Versatile Material for Biomedical Applications

Creator

Benny Mattam L.; Bijoy A.; Abraham Thadathil D.; George L.; Varghese A.

Description

Conducting polymers (CPs) are organic polymers with metallic conductivity or semiconducting properties which have drawn considerable attention globally. They are versatile materials because of their excellent environmental stability, electrical conductivity, economic importance as well as optical and electronic properties. CPs are interesting because they can be functionalized in several ways and the chemical properties are fine-tuned by incorporating new functionalities, making them more suitable in biomedical and other applications. They act as appropriate mediums of biomolecules and can be employed to improve the speed, stability, and sensitivity of various biomedical devices. They can transit between conducting and semiconducting states and have the ability to change mechanical properties by regulated doping, chemical modifications, etc. In this paper, we review the potential biomedical uses of conducting polymers such as smart textiles, bioactuators, hydrogels, and the use of CPs in neural prosthetic devices. 2022 Wiley-VCH GmbH.

Source

ChemistrySelect, Vol-7, No. 42

Date

2022-01-01

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons Inc

Subject

bio actuator; Biomedical applications; conducting polymer; hydrogel; neural prosthetic devices; smart textiles

Coverage

Benny Mattam L., Department of Chemistry, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Hosur Road, Karnataka, Bengaluru, 560029, India; Bijoy A., Department of Chemistry, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Hosur Road, Karnataka, Bengaluru, 560029, India; Abraham Thadathil D., Department of Chemistry, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Hosur Road, Karnataka, Bengaluru, 560029, India; George L., Department of Chemistry, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Hosur Road, Karnataka, Bengaluru, 560029, India; Varghese A., Department of Chemistry, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Hosur Road, Karnataka, Bengaluru, 560029, India

Rights

Restricted Access

Relation

ISSN: 23656549

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Review

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202201765

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