Review
Polymer Science
Shofarul Wustoni, David Ohayon, Angga Hermawan, Ahmad Nuruddin, Sahika Inal, Yuli Setyo Indartono, Brian Yuliarto
Summary: The emergence of recent technologies like hybrid vehicles and wearable electronic devices has driven the need for advanced power sources. Supercapacitors (SCs) have gained popularity as an energy storage solution due to their high power density and stability compared to batteries. This review focuses on conducting polymers (CPs) as electrode materials for SCs, highlighting their unique properties, synthetic methods, and electrochemical characterization. The review also discusses research trends, challenges, and opportunities for CP-based SCs in the future.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Robert Brooke, Jesper Edberg, Ioannis Petsagkourakis, Kathrin Freitag, Mohammad Yusuf Mulla, Marie Nilsson, Patrik Isacsson, Peter Andersson Ersman
Summary: The rise of paper electronics has been driven by the demand for sustainable alternatives in electronic components. This report demonstrates the synthesis of conductive polymers, such as PEDOT, polypyrrole, and polythiophene, on paper substrates using screen printing and vapor phase polymerization. These conductive polymers enable the development of functional electronic components, including light emitting diodes and electrochromic displays.
ADVANCED SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Sepideh Zokaei, Mariavittoria Craighero, Claudia Cea, Lucas M. Kneissl, Renee Kroon, Dion Khodagholy, Anja Lund, Christian Muller
Summary: Stretchable conducting materials are important for unobtrusive wearable electronic devices. Electrically conducting elastomeric blend fibers with high stretchability, wet-spun from a blend of doped polar polythiophene and polyurethane, demonstrate record properties for conjugated polymer-based fibers. These fibers exhibit high cyclic stability and retain their electrical conductivity even after repeated strain cycles.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Jose F. Serrano-Claumarchirant, Rafael Munoz-Espi, Andres Cantarero, Mario Culebras, Clara M. Gomez
Summary: The development of wearable technology has led to the research of new power supply sources for battery-less wearable devices. Wearable thermoelectric generators (wTEGs) can generate energy from the temperature difference between the human body and the surrounding environment. Coating textiles with conductive polymers through electrodeposition on fabrics coated with multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) has been developed in this study. The results show that fabrics coated with polyaniline: sulfuric acid (PANI:H2SO4) have low thermal stability and unsuitable electrical conductivity under wearable stress, while fabrics coated with poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene: perchlorate) (PEDOT:ClO4) and polypyrrole: perchlorate (PPy:ClO4) exhibit good thermal stability and positive evolution of electrical conductivity, demonstrating their potential use in practical wearable applications.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
James F. F. Ponder Jr, Shawn A. A. Gregory, Amalie Atassi, Abigail A. A. Advincula, Joshua M. M. Rinehart, Guillaume Freychet, Gregory M. M. Su, Shannon K. K. Yee, John R. R. Reynolds
Summary: A method to produce highly electrically conductive PEDOT(OH) films is reported. This method utilizes a solution processable precursor polymer PEDOT(EHE) and basic hydrolysis to remove the electrically insulative side chains.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yifan Wang, Liuchi Li, Douglas Hofmann, Jose E. Andrade, Chiara Daraio
Summary: The study presents a structured fabric with tunable bending modulus made up of three-dimensional particles arranged into layered chain mails. When pressure is applied at their boundaries, the particles interlock and jam the chain mails, resulting in a dramatic increase in bending resistance. This property is due to the high tensile resistance of the interlocking particles, providing potential for lightweight, tunable and adaptive fabrics for various applications.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Mushtaq A. Bhat, Reyaz A. Rather, Aabid H. Shalla
Summary: Conducting polymer hydrogels have shown potential in medical therapies, medical and bioelectronics, environmental pollution treatments, energy storage, and sensors. Among them, PEDOT-based conducting polymer hydrogels have attracted great interest and been applied in various fields such as bioelectronics, tissue engineering, drug delivery, and electrode purposes.
Review
Energy & Fuels
Meysam Heydari Gharahcheshmeh, Karen K. Gleason
Summary: Advanced conductors, such as conducting and semiconducting polymers, play a vital role in modern technologies and biocompatible devices. Conjugated conducting and semiconducting polymers offer the mechanical flexibility required for the next generation of energy and electronic devices, and their electrical and optoelectronic characteristics are governed by their texture and constituent nanostructures. Precise textural and nanostructural engineering of these polymers provides an excellent pathway for their adoption in various technological applications, including energy storage and harvesting, flexible optoelectronics, bio-functional materials, and wearable electronics.
Article
Biophysics
Hai-lan Chen, Dan Yang, Chun-rong Chen, Guang-zhao Tian, Dong-Hwan Kim
Summary: This study investigated the immediate and long-term cellular response to in-situ polymerization of conductive polymers by directly polymerizing them around living neural cells. The experimental findings provide information on the feasibility of this technique in practical applications.
COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Shazed Aziz, Jose G. Martinez, Bidita Salahuddin, Nils-Krister Persson, Edwin W. H. Jager
Summary: A method is demonstrated to morph CP-coated yarns into highly twisted and coiled structures, providing fast linear actuation. These yarns exhibit high strain and speed, making them highly potential for driving smart textile exoskeletons.
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
(2021)
Review
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Miryam Criado-Gonzalez, Antonio Dominguez-Alfaro, Naroa Lopez-Larrea, Nuria Alegret, David Mecerreyes
Summary: Conducting polymers have attracted great attention for the development of (bio)electronic devices. Additive manufacturing techniques like 3D printing provide a way to design and process conducting polymers, showing potential for future wearable three-dimensional (3D) (bio)electronic devices.
ACS APPLIED POLYMER MATERIALS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Gang Li, Kaixi Huang, Jue Deng, Mengxue Guo, Minkun Cai, Yuan Zhang, Chuan Fei Guo
Summary: Conducting polymer hydrogels have great potential in soft bioelectronics due to their tissue-like mechanical properties and electrical interaction with tissues. However, balancing electrical conductivity and mechanical stretchability is challenging. This study addresses the issue by concentrating a poorly crosslinked precursor hydrogel with a high content ratio of the conducting polymer, resulting in a densified double-network hydrogel with high electrical conductivity and large fracture strain. The hydrogel also exhibits high biocompatibility, tissue-like softness, low swelling ratio, and desired electrochemical properties for bioelectronics. Surface grafting is used to form an adhesive layer on the conducting hydrogel, enabling robust bonding on tissues. The proposed hydrogel is applied for physiological signal recording and electrical stimulation with an in vivo rat model, showing high quality and reliability. This method provides an ideal strategy for rapid and reliable tissue-device integration with high-quality electrical communications.
ADVANCED MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Xiao Chen, Chunyan Zhu, Fengxing Jiang, Guoqiang Liu, Congcong Liu, Qinglin Jiang, Jingkun Xu, Jianyu An, Peipei Liu
Summary: In this study, the influences of various oxidants on the molecular chain structure and capacitive properties of PEDOT were systematically investigated via vapor phase polymerization. Fe(Tos)(3) was found to be an ideal oxidant for obtaining high-performance PEDOT electrode materials with improved conductivity and electrochemical stability.
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Peikai Zhang, Bicheng Zhu, Yu Luo, Jadranka Travas-Sejdic
Summary: This study presents a novel method for the fabrication of free-standing 3D conducting polymer (CP) actuators using a micropipette-based approach. It overcomes the limitation of existing microfabrication techniques that can only produce planar CP microactuators. The developed technique allows for the control of the 360 degrees bending orientation of the actuators and opens exciting possibilities for manufacturing high aspect ratio microactuators and sophisticated soft microrobotics.
ADVANCED MATERIALS TECHNOLOGIES
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Robert Brooke, Ioannis Petsagkourakis, Kosala Wijeratne, Peter Andersson Ersman
Summary: This report discusses the combination of screen printing technology and vapor phase polymerization to synthesize three conductive polymers and investigate their electrochromic properties. The research successfully creates printed, laminated, transmissive electrochromic displays and all-printed electrochromic displays with impressive behavior. The study highlights the potential commercialization of multicolor electrochromic displays.
ADVANCED MATERIALS TECHNOLOGIES
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Isabel G. Trindade, Jose Machado da Silva, Rui Miguel, Madalena Pereira, Jose Lucas, Luis Oliveira, Bruno Valentim, Jorge Barreto, Manuel Santos Silva
Article
Physics, Applied
I. G. Trindade, D. C. Leitao, Y. Pogorelov, J. B. Sousa, R. C. Chaves, S. Cardoso, P. P. Freitas
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
(2009)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
I. G. Trindade, J. Teixeira, R. Ferrnento, J. B. Sousa, S. Cardoso, R. C. Chaves, P. P. Freitas
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS
(2008)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Isabel G. Trindade, Juliana Oliveira, Rui Fermento, Joao Bessa Sousa, Susana Cardoso, Paulo P. Freitas, Arun Raghunathan, John E. Snyder
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS
(2009)
Article
Physics, Applied
I. G. Trindade, R. Fermento, J. B. Sousa, R. C. Chaves, S. Cardoso, P. P. Freitas
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
(2008)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
I. G. Trindade, D. Leitao, R. Fermento, Y. Pogorelev, J. B. Sousa
JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS
(2009)
Article
Instruments & Instrumentation
I. G. Trindade, R. Fermento, D. Leitao, J. B. Sousa
REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
(2009)
Article
Materials Science, Textiles
Isabel G. Trindade, Joao Matos Jose Lucas, Rui Miguel, Madalena Pereira, Manuel Santos Silva
TEXTILE RESEARCH JOURNAL
(2015)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
P. Alpuim, V. Correia, E. S. Marins, J. G. Rocha, I. G. Trindade, S. Lanceros-Mendez
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
P. Alpuim, E. S. Marins, P. F. Rocha, I. G. Trindade, M. A. Carvalho, S. Lanceros-Mendez
Article
Physics, Applied
M Rickart, PP Freitas, IG Trindade, NP Barradas, E Alves, M Salgueiro, N Muga, J Ventura, JB Sousa, G Proudfoot, D Pearson, M Davis
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
(2004)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
IG Trindade, MH Kryder
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS
(2002)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
IG Trindade
JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS
(2002)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Katerina Skopalova, Itana Nusa Bubanja, Dragomir Stanisavljev, Nikola Cvjeticanin, Vera Kasparkova, Eliska Dad'ova, Erika Pavlikova, Marek Koutny, Marija Gizdavic-Nikolaidis, Petr Humpolicek
Summary: This study compares the biological properties of PANI prepared by different synthesis methods and oxidizing agents, which improves its potential applications in the biomedical field.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Hui-Ping Li, Cai-Yan Gao, Zhi-Ping Chen, Xin-Heng Fan, Lian-Ming Yang
Summary: In this study, a novel type of D-A non-fused-ring copolymers was designed and synthesized to overcome the trade-off relationship between electrical conductivity and Seebeck coefficient in organic semiconductors. The incorporation of fluorine atoms into the polymer backbone effectively increased the ordered degree of molecular stacking and improved both the electrical conductivity and Seebeck coefficient. The bimodal orientation of polymers played a crucial role in decoupling the correlation between electrical conductivity and Seebeck coefficient.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Mansour A. S. Salem, Amjad Mumtaz Khan, Hatem A. M. Saleh, Khalil M. A. Qasem, Mizna Ahmed, Aadil Shafi Bhat, Abdulaziz Abdullah Qasem Ali, Younes S. A. Ghanem, Ali Alrabie, Abdel-Basit Al-Odayni, Waseem Sharaf Saeed, Basheer Al-Anesi
Summary: This research focuses on the versatile substance, polyaniline/layered double hydroxide (PANI@Nd-Co/LDH), under solvothermal conditions. A thorough analysis of its structure and morphology was conducted using various analytical methods. The findings showed that PANI@Nd-Co/LDH exhibited highly sensitive and specific fluorescence detection of Pb(II) and Al(III), outperforming other heavy metal ions. The sensor demonstrated a turn-off fluorescence response for Pb(II) ions and a turn-on fluorescence response for Al(III) ions. The minimum detectable limits (MDL) were determined to be 9.6 nM for Pb(II) and 220 nM for Al(III). PANI@Nd-Co/LDH could be easily regenerated and reused for multiple cycles. The detection mechanisms involved the inner filter effect (IFE) for Pb(II) and the chelation-enhanced fluorescence (CHEF) effect for Al(III). These results highlight the excellent potential of PANI@Nd-Co/LDH in the detection and recognition of Pb(II) and Al(III) ions.
