A conducting-polymer platform with biodegradable fibers for stimulation and guidance of axonal growth

Authors

Anita F. Quigley, University of WollongongFollow
Joselito M. Razal, University of WollongongFollow
Brianna C. Thompson, University of WollongongFollow
Simon E. Moulton, ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials ScienceFollow
Magdalena Kita, University of WollongongFollow
Elizabeth Kennedy, Bionic Ear Institute
Graeme Clark, University of Wollongong
Gordon G. Wallace, University of WollongongFollow
Robert M. Kapsa, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

31959

Publication Details

Quigley, A. F., Razal, J. M., Thompson, B. C., Moulton, S. E., Kita, M., Kennedy, E. L., Clark, G. M., Wallace, G. G. & Kapsa, R. M. I. (2009). A conducting-polymer platform with biodegradable fibers for stimulation and guidance of axonal growth. Advanced Materials, 21 (43), 4393-4397.

Abstract

A biosynthetic platform composed of a conducting polypyrrole sheet embedded with unidirectional biodegradable polymer fibers is described (see image; scale bar = 50 µm). Such hybrid systems can promote rapid directional nerve growth for neuro-regenerative scaffolds and act as interfaces between the electronic circuitry of medical bionic devices and the nervous system.

Grant Number

ARC/FF0669110

Grant Number

ARC/DP0987503