title: [Research progresses on electroactive and electrically conductive polymers for tissue engineering scaffolds].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Meng-yan
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bidez
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Guterman-Tretter
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Alan G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: MacDiarmid
authors.forename: Peter I
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Lelkes
authors.forename: Xu-bo
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Xiao-yan
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sheng
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Cun-xian
authors.initials: CX
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yen
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000814:Aniline Compounds; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D011108:Polymers; D011758:Pyrroles; C416807:polyaniline; C067635:polypyrrole