[Research progresses on electroactive and electrically conductive polymers for tissue engineering scaffolds].
Electroactive and/or electrically conductive polymers have shown potential applications in the culture of excitable cells and as the electroactive scaffolds for neuronal or cardiac tissue engineering. The biocompatibility of the conductive polymer can be improved by covalently grafting or blending with oligo- or polypeptides. The new progresses in this area on two types of conductive polymers, polypyrrole and polyaniline (PANi) are reviewed in this paper. The studies of oligopeptide-modified PANi and electrospun PANi/gelatin nanofibers are highlighted.
Li
Meng-yan
MY
School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Bidez
Paul
P
Guterman-Tretter
Elizabeth
E
Guo
Yi
Y
MacDiarmid
Alan G
AG
Lelkes
Peter I
PI
Yuan
Xu-bo
XB
Yuan
Xiao-yan
XY
Sheng
Jing
J
Li
Hua
H
Song
Cun-xian
CX
Yen
Wei
W
D000814:Aniline Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D000818:Animals; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D008422:Materials Testing; D051379:Mice; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry; D011758:Pyrroles / Q000737:chemistry; D051381:Rats; D023822:Tissue Engineering
D000814:Aniline Compounds; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D011108:Polymers; D011758:Pyrroles; C416807:polyaniline; C067635:polypyrrole