title: The Importance of Materials Design to Make Ions Flow: Toward Novel Materials Platforms for Bioelectronics Applications.
abstract: Chemical design criteria for materials for bioelectronics applications using a series of copolymer derivatives based on poly(3-hexylthiophene) are established. Directed chemical design via side-chain functionalization with polar groups allows manipulation of ion transport and ion-to-electron transduction. Insights gained will permit increased use of the plethora of materials employed in the organic electronics area for application in the bioelectronics field.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials and Centre for Plastic Electronics, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
authors.forename: Celia M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Pacheco-Moreno
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials and Centre for Plastic Electronics, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
authors.forename: Murielle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schreck
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials and Centre for Plastic Electronics, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
authors.forename: Alberto D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Scaccabarozzi
authors.affiliation: Institut Charles Gerhardt, UMR 5253, ENSCM AM2N8 Rue de l'Ecole Normale, 34296, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bourgun
authors.affiliation: Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP/ENSCBP, Laboratoire de l'Intégration du Matériau au Système, UMR 5218, 16 Avenue Pey Berland, 33607, Pessac Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Guillaume
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wantz
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials and Centre for Plastic Electronics, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.|Department of Bioengineering and Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
authors.forename: Molly M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.affiliation: Institut Charles Gerhardt, UMR 5253, ENSCM AM2N8 Rue de l'Ecole Normale, 34296, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Olivier J
authors.initials: OJ
authors.lastname: Dautel
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials and Centre for Plastic Electronics, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.|School of Materials Science and Engineering and School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 311 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.
authors.forename: Natalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Stingelin
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D004581:Electronics; D007477:Ions; D011108:Polymers
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D007477:Ions; D011108:Polymers
keywords: bioelectronics; insulator blends; ion transport; mixed conductors; semiconductors