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Multi-Scale Modification of Metallic Implants With Pore Gradients, Polyelectrolytes and Their Indirect Monitoring In vivo
Published on: July 1, 2013
Nanostructured conducting polymers as intelligent implant surface: fabricated on biomedical titanium with a
Jingwen Liao1, Chengyun Ning, Zhaoyi Yin
1School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641 (P. R. China), Fax: (+86) 020-22236088.
Abstract:
Conducting polypyrrole (PPy) nanotube arrays, nanotube networks and irregular films are deposited on biomedical titanium. By in situ application of weak periodic potentials, the nanostructured conducting polymers undergo a reversible switch in wettability, which is a redox process of dopant molecules (as hydrophilic groups) immobilized and de-immobilized on the surface of the conducting polymers.
