Electroconductive multi-functional polypyrrole composites for biomedical applications

EN Zare, T Agarwal, A Zarepour, F Pinelli… - Applied Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Polypyrrole is an example of inherently electrically conductive polymer that is employed in
the biomedical arena because of its low cost, excellent electroconductive properties, and …

Soft bioelectronics for the management of cardiovascular diseases

SH Sunwoo, SI Han, CS Park, JH Kim… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
The motions of the heart are regulated by electrophysiological signals, which can be
monitored and altered by bioelectronic devices for the diagnosis and treatment of …

3D spatiotemporally scalable in vivo neural probes based on fluorinated elastomers

P Le Floch, S Zhao, R Liu, N Molinari, E Medina… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Electronic devices for recording neural activity in the nervous system need to be scalable
across large spatial and temporal scales while also providing millisecond and single-cell …

Impact of doping on the mechanical properties of conjugated polymers

SHK Paleti, Y Kim, J Kimpel, M Craighero… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Conjugated polymers exhibit a unique portfolio of electrical and electrochemical behavior,
which–paired with the mechanical properties that are typical for macromolecules–make …

Electrochemically Active Polymer Components in Next-Generation LiFePO4 Cathodes: Can Small Things Make a Big Difference?

I Chepurnaya, E Smirnova, M Karushev - Batteries, 2022 - mdpi.com
As a cathode material for lithium-ion batteries, lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4, LFP)
successfully transitioned from laboratory bench to commercial product but was outshone by …

How nanoporous silicon-polypyrrole hybrids flex their muscles in aqueous electrolytes: In operando high-resolution x-ray diffraction and electron tomography-based …

M Brinker, M Thelen, M May, D Rings, T Krekeler… - Physical review …, 2022 - APS
Macroscopic strain experiments have revealed that silicon crystals traversed by parallel,
channel-like nanopores functionalized with the artificial muscle polymer polypyrrole (PPy) …

Concept of an artificial muscle design on polypyrrole nanofiber scaffolds

M Harjo, M Järvekülg, T Tamm, TF Otero, R Kiefer - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Here we present the synthesis and characterization of two new conducting materials having
a high electro-chemo-mechanical activity for possible applications as artificial muscles or …

Enhanced electrochemical actuation of nanoporous gold-polypyrrole hybrid under load

J Li, J Markmann, N Mameka - Applied physics letters, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
This work examines the actuation strain response of a nanoporous gold-polypyrrole
electrochemical actuator under compression. The strain is monitored by in situ dilatometry …

Nanoporous gold-polypyrrole hybrid electrochemical actuators with tunable elasticity

J Li, J Markmann, J Weissmüller, N Mameka - Acta materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
This study explores the effective elastic response of hybrid electrochemical actuators based
on nanoporous gold–decorated with a thin film of an electrosynthesized polypyrrole–during …

Effect of Core Yarn on Linear Actuation of Electroactive Polymer Coated Yarn Actuators

S Mehraeen, M Asadi, JG Martinez… - Advanced Materials …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Smart textiles combine the features of conventional textiles with promising properties of
smart materials such as electromechanically active polymers, resulting in textile actuators …