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  • Bioelectronics
  • Materials Science
  • Organic Electronics

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  • Charge transport in electroactive systems is critically dependent on the multi-scale organization of molecular and living components.
  • Understanding this organization is vital for both abiotic, biotic, and hybrid interfaces in bioelectronic applications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide an overview of state-of-the-art strategies for controlling multi-scale organization in electroactive organic interfaces for biomedical applications.
  • To discuss challenges and leading approaches in engineering electroactive organic materials, including biomolecules, synthetic molecules, polymers, and biohybrids.

Main Methods:

  • Review of current literature on fabrication techniques for ordered electroactive organic materials.
  • Analysis of structure-property relationships concerning charge transport in various electroactive systems.
  • Examination of biotic-abiotic interfaces and electrogenic tissues.

Main Results:

  • Dependence of conduction phenomena on structural organization is observed across electroactive organic materials, living tissues, and biotic-abiotic interfaces.
  • Current fabrication capabilities offer opportunities for higher resolution and throughput in engineering ordered electroactive systems.

Conclusions:

  • Multi-scale ordering is crucial for modulating transport in electroactive organic, abiotic, and living components of bioelectronic systems.
  • Advancements in fabrication will significantly impact future bioelectronic technologies, including medical devices and tissue models.