Microtexturing of the conductive PEDOT:PSS polymer for superhydrophobic organic electrochemical transistors.

ABSTRACT: Superhydrophobic surfaces are bioinspired, nanotechnology artifacts, which feature a reduced friction coefficient, whereby they can be used for a number of very practical applications including, on the medical side, the manipulation of biological solutions. In this work, we integrated superhydrophobic patterns with the conducting polymer PEDOT:PSS, one of the most used polymers in organic electronics because highly sensitive to ionized species in solution. In doing so, we combined geometry and materials science to obtain an advanced device where, on account of the superhydrophobicity of the system, the solutions of interest can be manipulated and, on account of the conductive PEDOT:PSS polymer, the charged molecules dispersed inside can be quantitatively measured. This original substrate p

SUBMITTER: Gentile F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3919119 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature