Issue 37, 2024

Electrogelation of PEDOT:PSS and its copolymer for bioelectronics

Abstract

There is strong interest in developing scalable deposition techniques for conducting polymer coatings for applications in bioelectronics. Here, we explore the potential of electrogelation to develop coatings from poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulphonate (PEDOT:PSS) and its copolymer with poly (styrene sulphonate-co-styrene methanamine) (PEDOT:PSS-co-PSMA). The coatings were used to lower the impedance of screen-printed silver electrodes, leading to a decrease in the voltage needed to achieve cutaneous stimulation of small fibres and an increase in the signal-to-noise ratio in cutaneous biopotential recordings. Additionally, PEDOT:PSS-co-PSMA was integrated as the gate electrode in an organic electrochemical transistor, showing improved performance compared to non-modified and PEDOT:PSS-coated gold electrodes, i.e., a threshold voltage decreased from 0.7 V for pristine gold to 0.5 V for the PEDOT:PSS-co-PSMA gate electrode. The results show that electrogelation offers a scalable and cost-effective solution for the deposition of conducting polymers, including non-solution-processable conducting polymers, as performance-enhancing coatings for bioelectronic applications.

Graphical abstract: Electrogelation of PEDOT:PSS and its copolymer for bioelectronics

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
09 jul 2024
Accepted
08 aug 2024
First published
08 aug 2024
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024,12, 14944-14954

Electrogelation of PEDOT:PSS and its copolymer for bioelectronics

C. Slaughter, S. Velasco-Bosom, X. Tao, R. Ruiz-Mateos Serrano, S. Kissovsky, R. Mizuta, D. Mantione, S. T. Keene, G. G. Malliaras and A. Dominguez-Alfaro, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12, 14944 DOI: 10.1039/D4TC02908A

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