Conducting Polymer Microcups for Organic Bioelectronics and Drug Delivery Applications |
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| Authors: | Martin Antensteiner Milad Khorrami Fatemeh Fallahianbijan Ali Borhan Mohammad Reza Abidian |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA;2. Department of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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| Keywords: | conducting polymers drug release microelectrodes neural interfaces |
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