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- Asplund, Maria, et al.
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Electroactive polymers for neural interfaces
- 2010
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Ingår i: Polymer chemistry. - : Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). - 1759-9954 .- 1759-9962. ; 1:9, s. 1374-1391
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- Development of electroactive conjugated polymers, for the purpose of recording and eliciting signals in the neural systems in humans, can be used to fashion the interfaces between the two signalling systems of electronics and neural systems. The design of desirable chemical, mechanical and electrical properties in the electroactive polymer electrodes, and the means of integration of these into biological systems, are here reviewed.
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- Björk, Per, et al.
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Biomolecular nanowires decorated by organic electronic polymers
- 2010
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Ingår i: JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY. - : Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). - 0959-9428 .- 1364-5501. ; 20:12, s. 2269-2276
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We demonstrate the shaping and forming of organic electronic polymers into designer nanostructures using biomacromolecules. In order to create nanowires, nanohelixes and assemblies of these, we coordinate semiconducting or metallic polymers to biomolecular polymers in the form of DNA and misfolded proteins. Optoelectronic and electrochemical devices utilizing these shaped materials are discussed.
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- Müller, Christian, et al.
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Functionalisation of recombinant spider silk with conjugated polyelectrolytes
- 2011
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Ingår i: Journal of Materials Chemistry. - : Royal Society of Chemistry. - 0959-9428 .- 1364-5501. ; 21:9, s. 2909-2915
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Conjugated polyelectrolytes are demonstrated to permit facile staining of recombinant spider silk fibres. We find that the polyelectrolyte concentration and pH of the staining solution as well as the incubation temperature strongly influence the efficiency of this self-assembly process, which appears to be principally mediated through favourable electrostatic interactions. Thus, depending on the choice of staining conditions as well as the polyelectrolyte, electrically conductive or photoluminescent recombinant silk fibres could be produced. In addition, staining of natural Bombyx mori silk is established, which emphasises the versatility of the here advanced approach to functionalise silk-based materials.
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- Müller, Christian, et al.
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Woven Electrochemical Transistors on Silk Fibers
- 2011
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Ingår i: ADVANCED MATERIALS. - : John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. - 0935-9648 .- 1521-4095. ; 23:7, s. 898-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Woven electrochemical transistors on silk fibers from the silkworm Bombyx mori are demonstrated. This is achieved with carefully chosen electrolyte chemistry: electrically conducting silk fibers are produced by dyeing silk fibers with a conjugated polyelectrolyte and gating is accomplished by use of an electrolyte mixture composed of imidazolium-based ionic liquids.
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- Thaning, Elin M., et al.
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Stability of Poly(3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene) Materials Intended for Implants
- 2010
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Ingår i: Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials. - : Wiley. - 1552-4973 .- 1552-4981. ; 93B:2, s. 407-415
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study presents experiments designed to study the stability of the conducting polymer poly(3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene) (PEDOT), under simulated physiological conditions using phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) (0 01M) at 37 degrees C over a 5- to 6-week period Voltage pulsing in PBS was used as an additional test environment The influence of switching the counter ion used in electropolymerization from polystyrene sulphonate (PSS) to heparin was investigated Absorbance spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry were used to evaluate the material properties Most of the samples in H2O2 lost both electroactivity and optical absorbance within the study period, but PEDOT.PSS was found slightly more stable than PEDOT heparin. Polymers were relatively stable in PBS throughout the study period, with around 80% of electroactivity remaining after 5 weeks, disregarding delamination, which was a significant problem especially for polymer on indium tin oxide substrates Voltage pulsing in PBS did not increase degradation. The counter ion influenced the time course of degradation in Oxidizing agents.
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- Wigenius, Jens A., 1975-, et al.
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Interactions Between a Luminescent Conjugated Oligoelectrolyte and Insulin During Early Phases of Amyloid Formation
- 2011
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Ingår i: Macromolecular Bioscience. - : Wiley. - 1616-5187 .- 1616-5195. ; 11:8, s. 1120-1127
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Aggregates of misfolded proteins play an important role in diseases such as Alzheimer's. Here it is demonstrated how the anionic oligothiophene p-FTAA interacts with and influences pre-fibrillar protein assemblies during the earlier stages of in vitro fibrillation. Conjugated polythiophenes have previously been demonstrated to detect and discriminate between different types of protein aggregates and also introduce luminescent or conductive properties to these nanoscale fiber structures. Fluorescence spectroscopy, DLS, TEM and FCS are employed to follow the interplay between p-FTAA and insulin during in vitro fibrillation.
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