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ReviewMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Electrospun Conducting Polymers: Approaches and Applications.

Mariana Acosta, Marvin D Santiago, Jennifer A Irvin

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Review in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Mariana AcostaMaterials Science, Engineering and Commercialization Program, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX 78666, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5624-3330
Marvin D SantiagoDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX 78666, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1828-3072
Jennifer A IrvinMaterials Science, Engineering and Commercialization Program, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX 78666, USA.

Funding

National Science Foundation DMR-2122041Texas State University Graduate College 9000001970,9000002895Texas State University Research Enhancement Program 9000002766
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inherently conductive polymers (CPs) can generally be switched between two or more stable oxidation states, giving rise to changes in properties including conductivity, color, and volume. The ability to prepare CP nanofibers could lead to applications including water purification, sensors, separations, nerve regeneration, wound healing, wearable electronic devices, and flexible energy storage. Electrospinning is a relatively inexpensive, simple process that is used to produce polymer nanofibers from solution. The nanofibers have many desirable qualities including high surface area per unit mass, high porosity, and low weight. Unfortunately, the low molecular weight and rigid rod nature of most CPs cannot yield enough chain entanglement for electrospinning, instead yielding polymer nanoparticles via an electrospraying process. Common workarounds include co-extruding with an insulating carrier polymer, coaxial electrospinning, and coating insulating electrospun polymer nanofibers with CPs. This review explores the benefits and drawbacks of these methods, as well as the use of these materials in sensing, biomedical, electronic, separation, purification, and energy conversion and storage applications.

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conducting polymerselectrospinningnanocompositenanofibers

Identifiers

PMID36556626
PMCPMC9782039

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