Advances in the Use of Conducting Polymers for Healthcare Monitoring
Conducting polymers (CPs) are an innovative class of materials recognized for their high flexibility and biocompatibility, making them an ideal choice for health monitoring applications that require flexibility. They are active in their design. Advances in fabrication technology allow the incorporat...
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| description | Conducting polymers (CPs) are an innovative class of materials recognized for their high flexibility and biocompatibility, making them an ideal choice for health monitoring applications that require flexibility. They are active in their design. Advances in fabrication technology allow the incorporation of CPs at various levels, by combining diverse CPs monomers with metal particles, 2D materials, carbon nanomaterials, and copolymers through the process of polymerization and mixing. This method produces materials with unique physicochemical properties and is highly customizable. In particular, the development of CPs with expanded surface area and high conductivity has significantly improved the performance of the sensors, providing high sensitivity and flexibility and expanding the range of available options. However, due to the morphological diversity of new materials and thus the variety of characteristics that can be synthesized by combining CPs and other types of functionalities, choosing the right combination for a sensor application is difficult but becomes important. This review focuses on classifying the role of CP and highlights recent advances in sensor design, especially in the field of healthcare monitoring. It also synthesizes the sensing mechanisms and evaluates the performance of CPs on electrochemical surfaces and in the sensor design. Furthermore, the applications that can be revolutionized by CPs will be discussed in detail. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fec6eef9cd2d4749b58039dee7c455872024-02-09T15:13:44ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences1661-65961422-00672024-01-01253156410.3390/ijms25031564Advances in the Use of Conducting Polymers for Healthcare MonitoringCuong Van Le0Hyeonseok Yoon1School of Polymer Science and Engineering, Chonnam National University, 77 Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 61186, Republic of KoreaSchool of Polymer Science and Engineering, Chonnam National University, 77 Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 61186, Republic of KoreaConducting polymers (CPs) are an innovative class of materials recognized for their high flexibility and biocompatibility, making them an ideal choice for health monitoring applications that require flexibility. They are active in their design. Advances in fabrication technology allow the incorporation of CPs at various levels, by combining diverse CPs monomers with metal particles, 2D materials, carbon nanomaterials, and copolymers through the process of polymerization and mixing. This method produces materials with unique physicochemical properties and is highly customizable. In particular, the development of CPs with expanded surface area and high conductivity has significantly improved the performance of the sensors, providing high sensitivity and flexibility and expanding the range of available options. However, due to the morphological diversity of new materials and thus the variety of characteristics that can be synthesized by combining CPs and other types of functionalities, choosing the right combination for a sensor application is difficult but becomes important. This review focuses on classifying the role of CP and highlights recent advances in sensor design, especially in the field of healthcare monitoring. It also synthesizes the sensing mechanisms and evaluates the performance of CPs on electrochemical surfaces and in the sensor design. Furthermore, the applications that can be revolutionized by CPs will be discussed in detail.https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/25/3/1564conducting polymerssensor technologyhuman health monitoring |
| spellingShingle | Cuong Van Le Hyeonseok Yoon Advances in the Use of Conducting Polymers for Healthcare Monitoring International Journal of Molecular Sciences conducting polymers sensor technology human health monitoring |
| title | Advances in the Use of Conducting Polymers for Healthcare Monitoring |
| title_full | Advances in the Use of Conducting Polymers for Healthcare Monitoring |
| title_fullStr | Advances in the Use of Conducting Polymers for Healthcare Monitoring |
| title_full_unstemmed | Advances in the Use of Conducting Polymers for Healthcare Monitoring |
| title_short | Advances in the Use of Conducting Polymers for Healthcare Monitoring |
| title_sort | advances in the use of conducting polymers for healthcare monitoring |
| topic | conducting polymers sensor technology human health monitoring |
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