Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The George Washington University, DC 20052, USA.
Department of Physics, The George Washington University, DC 20052, USA.
Mater Sci Eng C Mater Biol Appl. 2019 Jun;99:582-590. doi: 10.1016/j.msec.2019.02.008. Epub 2019 Feb 2.
Bioelectronic devices enable efficient and effective communication between medical devices and human tissue in order to directly treat patients with various neurological disorders. Due to the mechanical similarity to human tissue, hydrogel-based electronic devices are considered to be promising for biological signal recording and stimulation of living tissues. Here, we report the first three-dimensionally (3D) printable conductive hydrogel that can be photocrosslinked while retaining high electrical conductivity. In addition, we prepared dorsal root ganglion (DRG) cell-encapsulated gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA) hydrogels which were integrated with the 3D printed conductive structure and evaluated for efficiency neural differentiation under electrical stimulation (ES). For enhanced electrical conductivity, a poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT): polystyrene sulfonate (PSS) aqueous solution was freeze-dried and mixed with polyethylene glycol diacrylate (PEGDA) as the photocurable polymer base. Next, the conductive hydrogel was patterned on the substrate by using a table-top stereolithography (SLA) 3D printer. The fabricated hydrogel was characterized for electrochemical conductivity. After printing with the PEDOT:PSS conductive solution, the patterned hydrogel exhibited decreased printing diameters with increasing of PEDOT:PSS concentration. Also, the resultant conductive hydrogel had significantly increased electrochemical properties with increasing PEDOT:PSS concentration. The 3D printed conductive hydrogel provides excellent structural support to systematically transfer the ES toward encapsulated DRG cells for enhanced neuronal differentiation. The results from this study indicate that the conductive hydrogel can be useful as a 3D printing material for electrical applications.
生物电子设备能够实现医疗设备与人体组织之间的高效、有效通信,从而直接治疗各种神经紊乱患者。由于与人体组织具有机械相似性,基于水凝胶的电子设备被认为是生物信号记录和活体组织刺激的有前途的材料。在这里,我们报告了第一种可 3D 打印的、具有导电性的水凝胶,它可以在保持高导电性的同时进行光交联。此外,我们制备了包被背根神经节(DRG)细胞的明胶甲基丙烯酰(GelMA)水凝胶,该水凝胶与 3D 打印的导电结构集成,并评估了在电刺激(ES)下进行有效神经分化的能力。为了提高导电性,将聚(3,4-亚乙基二氧噻吩)(PEDOT):聚苯乙烯磺酸盐(PSS)水溶液冻干并与聚乙二醇二丙烯酸酯(PEGDA)混合作为光固化聚合物基底。然后,使用桌面立体光刻(SLA)3D 打印机在基底上对导电水凝胶进行图案化。对所制备的水凝胶进行电化学导电性的特征分析。用 PEDOT:PSS 导电溶液打印后,随着 PEDOT:PSS 浓度的增加,图案化水凝胶的打印直径减小。此外,随着 PEDOT:PSS 浓度的增加,所得导电水凝胶的电化学性能显著提高。3D 打印的导电水凝胶为系统地将 ES 传递给包封的 DRG 细胞以增强神经元分化提供了优异的结构支撑。该研究的结果表明,导电水凝胶可用作电应用的 3D 打印材料。
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