Review Article

Conducting Polymer-Based Composite Materials for Therapeutic Implantations: From Advanced Drug Delivery System to Minimally Invasive Electronics

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Schematic illustrations of the modification of conducting polymers and prodrug for drug delivery systems: (a) release of the biotin from the PPy surface; [45] (b) surface modification of neural microelectrodes to create nanotubular PEDOT; [43] (c) chemical structures of the dexamethasone disodium phosphate (Dex); [41] (d) release profile of Dex from the polymer-drug-coated electrodes [41].
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