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Patterning Highly Conducting Conjugated Polymer Electrodes for Soft and Flexible Microelectrochemical Devices

Overview of attention for article published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, March 2018
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Title
Patterning Highly Conducting Conjugated Polymer Electrodes for Soft and Flexible Microelectrochemical Devices
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, March 2018
DOI 10.1021/acsami.8b01059
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Alexandre Khaldi, Daniel Falk, Katarina Bengtsson, Ali Maziz, Daniel Filippini, Nathaniel D. Robinson, Edwin W. H. Jager

Abstract

There is a need for soft actuators in various biomedical applications to manipulate delicate objects such as cells and tissues. Soft actuators are able to adapt to any shape and limit the stress applied to delicate objects. Conjugated polymer (CP) actuators, especially in the so-called trilayer configuration, are interesting candidates for driving such micromanipulators. However, challenges involved in patterning the electrodes in a trilayer with individual contact have prevented further development of soft micromanipulators based on CP actuators. To allow such patterning, two printing-based patterning techniques have been developed. First, an oxidant layer is printed using either syringe-based printing or microcontact printing, followed by vapor-phase polymerization of the CP. Submillimeter patterns with electronic conductivities of 800 S·cm-1 are obtained. Next, laser ablation is used to cleanly cut the final device structures including the printed patterns, resulting in fingers with individually controllable digits and miniaturized hands. The methods presented in this paper will enable integration of patterned electrically active CP layers in many types of complex three-dimensional structures.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 27 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Doctoral Student 4 15%
Student > Master 3 11%
Student > Bachelor 2 7%
Researcher 2 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 7%
Other 2 7%
Unknown 12 44%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Materials Science 4 15%
Engineering 4 15%
Chemistry 4 15%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 1 4%
Unknown 14 52%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 March 2018.
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#13,584,037
of 23,031,582 outputs
Outputs from ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
#7,455
of 17,564 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#172,206
of 332,279 outputs
Outputs of similar age from ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
#188
of 424 outputs
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