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Advanced Biomaterials in Biomedical Engineering and Drug Delivery Systems pp 13–17Cite as

Communicating with the Building Blocks of Life Using Advanced Macromolecular Transducers

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This paper reviews the use of conducting electroactive polymers (CEPs) in biomolecular communications. That is the use of CEPs in situations that demonstrate controlled interactions with moieties of biological interest and the ability to monitor such interactions via the electronic signals generated. As examples, the ability to manipulate CEP interactions with water, simple electrolyte ions, amino acids, proteins and mammalian cells is discussed.

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  1. Intelligent Polymer Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia

    Prof. Gordon G. Wallace

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Sophia University, 7-1 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102, Japan

    Naoya Ogata Ph.D. (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Center for Controlled Chemical Delivery, Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA

    Sung Wan Kim Ph.D. (Professor and Director) (Professor and Director)

  3. Department of Chemical Technology and Institute of Biomedical Technology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AD, Enschede, The Netherlands

    Jan Feijen Ph.D. (Professor) (Professor)

  4. Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Tokyo Women’s Medical College, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162, Japan

    Teruo Okano Ph.D. (Professor) (Professor)

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Wallace, G.G. (1996). Communicating with the Building Blocks of Life Using Advanced Macromolecular Transducers. In: Ogata, N., Kim, S.W., Feijen, J., Okano, T. (eds) Advanced Biomaterials in Biomedical Engineering and Drug Delivery Systems. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-65883-2_3

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-65883-2_3

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