Culture experiments for mouse fibroblast using conductive polymers

Author

Onoda, Mitsuyoshi ; Abe, Y. ; Tada, Kazuki

Author_Institution

Grad. Sch. of Eng., Univ. of Hyogo, Himeji, Japan

fYear

2011

fDate

6-10 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

31

Lastpage

34

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to develop electrodes for electrical stimulation of the nervous system using conductive polymers, polypyrrole (PPy) and/or poly(3,4-ethylenedioxy-thiophene), (PEDOT). We evaluated biocompatibility in mouse fibroblasts and/or myoblasts. Cultured cells on PPy and/or PEDOT showed extended neuritis and survived for over one week. These experiments have demonstrated that conductive polymers such as PPy and PEDOT have high biocompatibility and are applicable to nerve stimulation electrodes.

Keywords

biochemistry; bioelectric phenomena; biomedical materials; cellular biophysics; conducting polymers; electrochemical electrodes; neurophysiology; biocompatibility; conductive polymers; cultured cells; electrical stimulation; mouse fibroblast; mouse myoblasts; nerve stimulation electrodes; nervous system; poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene); polypyrrole; Anodes; Conductivity; Fibroblasts; Films; Polymers; Solvents; biocompatibility; conductive polymers; cultured cell; nerve stimulation electrode; poly(3,4-ethylened-ioxytkiopkene); polypyrrole;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Insulating Materials (ISEIM), Proceedings of 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kyoto

Print_ISBN

978-4-88686-074-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEIM.2011.6826269

Filename

6826269