Nature Communications (Mar 2019)

Pure PEDOT:PSS hydrogels

  • Baoyang Lu,
  • Hyunwoo Yuk,
  • Shaoting Lin,
  • Nannan Jian,
  • Kai Qu,
  • Jingkun Xu,
  • Xuanhe Zhao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09003-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Hydrogels of conducting polymers provide an electrical interface with biological tissues for sensing and stimulation, but currently have compromised mechanical and electrical properties. Here, the authors show a simple method to achieve pure PEDOT:PSS hydrogels that exhibit superior mechanical and electrical properties, stability, and tunable swelling.