DIKUL - logo
E-viri
Celotno besedilo
Recenzirano
  • A Review of Patterned Organ...
    Park, SooHyun; Kang, You Jung; Majd, Sheereen

    Advanced materials (Weinheim), December 9, 2015, Letnik: 27, Številka: 46
    Journal Article

    Organic electronic materials are rapidly emerging as superior replacements for a number of conventional electronic materials, such as metals and semiconductors. Conducting polymers, carbon nanotubes, graphenes, organic light‐emitting diodes, and diamond films fabricated via chemical vapor deposition are the most popular organic bioelectronic materials that are currently under active research and development. Besides the capability to translate biological signals to electrical signals or vice versa, organic bioelectronic materials entail greater biocompatibility and biodegradability compared to conventional electronic materials, which makes them more suitable for biomedical applications. When patterned, these materials bring about numerous capabilities to perform various tasks in a more‐sophisticated and high‐throughput manner. Here, we provide an overview of the unique properties of organic bioelectronic materials, different strategies applied to pattern these materials, and finally their applications in the field of biomedical engineering, particularly biosensing, cell and tissue engineering, actuators, and drug delivery. Organic electronic materials are emerging as ideal materials for electronics interfacing biology. Offering excellent conductivity along with biocompatibility, these materials receive much interest in the biomedical engineering field. Patterning such materials extends the scope of their applications in sophisticated biomedical technologies. These materials, techniques employed to pattern them, and their applications in biomedicine, particularly biosensing, cell/tissue engineering, and drug delivery, are reviewed.