Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 8, Issue 1, Pages 974-982Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b10831
Keywords
conducting polymers; contact lens; hydrophilicity; plasma treatment; vapor phase polymerization
Funding
- Australian Research Council [LP110200760]
- Australian Research Council [LP110200760] Funding Source: Australian Research Council
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Prompted by the rapidly developing field of wearable electronics, research into biocompatible substrates and coatings is intensifying. Acrylate-based hydrogel polymers have gained widespread use as biocompatible articles in applications such as contact and intraocular lenses. Surface treatments and/or coatings present one strategy to further enhance the performance of these hydrogels or even realize novel functionality. In this study, the conductive polymer poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) is deposited from the vapor phase onto hydrated hydrogel substrates and blended with biocompatibilizing coconstituents incorporating polyethylene glycol (PEG) and polydimethyl siloxane (PDMS) moieties. Plasma pretreatment of the dehydrated hydrogel substrate modifies its surface topography and chemical composition to facilitate the attachment of conductive PEDOT-based surface layers. Manipulating the vapor phase polymerization process and constituent composition, the PEDOT-based coating is engineered to be both hydrophilic (i.e. to promote biocompatibility) and highly conductive. The fabrication of this conductively coated hydrogel has implications for the future of wearable electronic devices.
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