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ArticleNature communications2018

Mechanically tunable conductive interpenetrating network hydrogels that mimic the elastic moduli of biological tissue.

Vivian R Feig, Helen Tran, Minah Lee, Zhenan Bao

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Article in Nature communications, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 137 papers.

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137citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

137 citing papers in PubMed, 569 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. PEDOT:PSS-A Key Material for Bioelectronics.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Vivian R FeigDepartment of Material Science and Engineering, Stanford University, 443 Via Ortega, Room 307, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6144-0868
Helen TranDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, 443 Via Ortega, Room 307, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
Minah LeeDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, 443 Via Ortega, Room 307, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0047-1358
Zhenan BaoDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, 443 Via Ortega, Room 307, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA. zbao@stanford.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0972-1715
Stanford University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Conductive and stretchable materials that match the elastic moduli of biological tissue (0.5-500 kPa) are desired for enhanced interfacial and mechanical stability. Compared with inorganic and dry polymeric conductors, hydrogels made with conducting polymers are promising soft electrode materials due to their high water content. Nevertheless, most conducting polymer-based hydrogels sacrifice electronic performance to obtain useful mechanical properties. Here we report a method that overcomes this limitation using two interpenetrating hydrogel networks, one of which is formed by the gelation of the conducting polymer PEDOT:PSS. Due to the connectivity of the PEDOT:PSS network, conductivities up to 23 S m

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ElectronsBiomimetic MaterialsElastic ModulusElectric ConductivityElectrodesHumansHydrogelsMaterials TestingPolystyrenesThiophenesHydrogelspoly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-poly(styrenesulfonate)PolystyrenesThiophenes

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PMID30013027
PMCPMC6048132
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