Imperial College London

ProfessorRylieGreen

Faculty of EngineeringDepartment of Bioengineering

Head of the Department of Bioengineering
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 0943rylie.green

 
 
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Location

 

3.05Bessemer BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Patton:2016:10.1002/mabi.201600057,
author = {Patton, AJ and Poole-Warren, LA and Green, RA},
doi = {10.1002/mabi.201600057},
journal = {Macromolecular Bioscience},
pages = {1103--1121},
title = {Mechanisms for Imparting Conductivity to Nonconductive Polymeric Biomaterials},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mabi.201600057},
year = {2016}
}

RIS format (EndNote, RefMan)

TY  - JOUR
AB - © 2016 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim Traditionally, conductive materials for electrodes are based on high modulus metals or alloys. Development of bioelectrodes that mimic the mechanical properties of the soft, low modulus tissues in which they are implanted is a rapidly expanding field of research. Many polymers exist that more closely match tissue mechanics than metals; however, the majority do not conduct charge. Integrating conductive properties via incorporation of metals and other conductors into nonconductive polymers is a successful approach to producing polymers that can be used in electrical interfacing devices. When combining conductive materials with nonconductive polymer matrices, there is often a tradeoff between the electrical and mechanical properties. This review analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of approaches involving coating or layer formation, composite formation via dispersion of conductive inclusions through polymer matrices, and in situ growth of a conductive network within polymers. (Figure presented.).
AU - Patton,AJ
AU - Poole-Warren,LA
AU - Green,RA
DO - 10.1002/mabi.201600057
EP - 1121
PY - 2016///
SN - 1616-5195
SP - 1103
TI - Mechanisms for Imparting Conductivity to Nonconductive Polymeric Biomaterials
T2 - Macromolecular Bioscience
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mabi.201600057
ER -