Bioelectronic 3D Materials and Devices for Interfacing Biological Systems
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Smart and Functional Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2022) | Viewed by 688
Special Issue Editors
Interests: bioelectronics; in vitro model; bone; scaffolds; stem cells; tissue engineering; electrical stimulation
2. Basque Foundation of Science, IKERBASQUE, Bilbao, Spain
Interests: smart materials into microfluidic devices, fluidic control, sensing, “organ-on-a-chip”, bioelectronics, cancer research
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Interests: bioelectronics; organic electronics; conducting polymers; mixed ionic and electronic conduction; 3D multifunctional scaffolds for cell cultures
Interests: hybrid materials; recombinant proteins; conducting polymers; 3D printing; innovative materials; scaffolds
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Electroactive polymers and composites materials have been increasingly explored for a number of applications spanning from biomedical use to energy generation. These materials have many properties and they lend themselves to be structured in various different ways by adopting a wide range of techniques. Indeed films, hydrogels, 3D-sponge like materials have been created and investigated for their chemical, mechanical, electrical and surface properties. In this special issue we focus on 3D materials and devices for in vitro and in vivo bioelectronic applications.
With this special issue we are soliciting original submissions contributing with novel aspects to the field. We would like to bring together new data of the use of electroactive polymers and composite materials (organic-inorganic blends) and their investigation at the interface with in vitro and in vivo biological systems (e.g. mammalian, non-mammalian cells), but also for the generation of energy (e.g., microbial fuel cells). Also, we encourage articles where the conducting polymers are actuated via a external stimuli (e.g., electrical, optoelectronics).
Here a list of possible topics:
- In vitro and in vivo systems,
- Sensors,
- Actuators
- Devices for energy generation
- Optical and electrical stimulation
- Hybrid conducting materials
Dr. Donata Iandolo
Dr. Janire Saez-Castaño
Dr. Achilleas Savva
Dr. Antonio Dominguez-Alfaro
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- organic bioelectronics
- electroactive polymers
- composites
- novel fabrication approaches
- in vitro systems
- 3D culture
- stimulation protocols
- novel characterization techniques sensors
- actuators
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