A Conducting‐Polymer Platform with Biodegradable Fibers for Stimulation and Guidance of Axonal Growth
- 19 November 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Advanced Materials
- Vol. 21 (43), 4393-4397
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.200901165
Abstract
A biosynthetic platform composed of a conducting polypyrrole sheet embedded with unidirectional biodegradable polymer fibers is described (see image; scale bar = 50 µm). Such hybrid systems can promote rapid directional nerve growth for neuro‐regenerative scaffolds and act as interfaces between the electronic circuitry of medical bionic devices and the nervous system.Keywords
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