title: Electroconductive Hydrogel Based on Functional Poly(Ethylenedioxy Thiophene).
abstract: Poly(ethylene dioxythiophene) with functional pendant groups bearing double bonds is synthesized and employed for the fabrication of electroactive hydrogels with advantageous characteristics: covalently cross-linked porous 3D scaffolds with notable swelling ratio, appropriate mechanical properties, electroactivity in physiological conditions, and suitability for proliferation and differentiation of C2C12 cells. This is a new approach for the fabrication of conductive engineered constructs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials, Department of Bioengineering, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom; School of Materials Science and Engineering, UNSW Australia, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia.
authors.forename: Damia
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mawad
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials, Department of Bioengineering, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London , Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Arbel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Artzy-Schnirman
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London , London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tonkin
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials, Department of Bioengineering, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom; POLYMAT, Bionanoparticles Group, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Donostia-San Sebastián 20018, Spain.
authors.forename: Jose
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioelectronics, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines, CMP-EMSE, MOC , Gardanne 13541, France.
authors.forename: Sahika
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Inal
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials, Department of Bioengineering, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London , Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Muzamir M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Mahat
authors.affiliation: Nanochemistry Research Institute, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Curtin University , Perth, Western Australia 6102, Australia.
authors.forename: Nadim
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Darwish
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials, Department of Bioengineering, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London , Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Limor
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zwi-Dantsis
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioelectronics, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines, CMP-EMSE, MOC , Gardanne 13541, France.
authors.forename: George G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Malliaras
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, Australian Centre for NanoMedicine and ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent BioNano Science and Technology, University of New South Wales , Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia.
authors.forename: J Justin
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Gooding
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience (BENS) Research Group, University of Western Sydney , Penrith, New South Wales 2751, Australia.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lauto
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials, Department of Bioengineering, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London , Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Molly M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Stevens