title: Conducting Polymers and Their Applications in Diabetes Management.
abstract: Advances in conducting polymers (CPs) have promoted the development of diabetic monitoring and treatment, which is of great significance in human healthcare and modern medicine. CPs are special polymers with physical and electrochemical features resembling metals, inorganic semiconductors and non-conducting polymers. To improve and extend their properties, the fabrication of CPs and CP composites has attracted intensive attention in recent decades. Some CPs are biocompatible and suitable for biomedical use. Thus, the intriguing properties of CPs make wearable, noninvasive, continuous diabetes managing devices and other potential applications in diabetes possible in the near future. To highlight the recent advances of CPs and their derived materials (especially in conducting polymer hydrogels), here we discuss their fabrication and characterization, review the current state-of-the-art research in diabetes management based on these materials and describe current challenges as well as future potential research directions.
authors: School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China. chemdream@foxmail.com.
authors: Yu
authors: Y
authors: Zhao
authors: School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China. 131242002@smail.nju.edu.cn.
authors: Luyao
authors: L
authors: Cao
authors: School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China. lanlan_li@foxmail.com.
authors: Lanlan
authors: L
authors: Li
authors: School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China. chengwen_ese@outlook.com.
authors: Wen
authors: W
authors: Cheng
authors: Nanjing Foreign Language School, Nanjing 210008, China. dg1523015@smail.nju.edu.cn.
authors: Liangliang
authors: L
authors: Xu
authors: Nanjing Foreign Language School, Nanjing 210008, China. flashlight123@126.com.
authors: Xinyu
authors: X
authors: Ping
authors: School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China. ljpan@nju.edu.cn.
authors: Lijia
authors: L
authors: Pan
authors: School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China. yshi@nju.edu.cn.
authors: Yi
authors: Y
authors: Shi
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D005947:Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D043942:Nanotubes / Q000737:chemistry; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D011108:Polymers; D005947:Glucose
keywords: conducting polymers; diabetes; glucose biosensor; medical controlled release