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American Institute of Physics, Applied Physics Letters, 24(94), p. 243501

DOI: 10.1063/1.3153846

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A hybrid solid-liquid polymer photodiode for the bioenvironment

Journal article published in 2009 by M. R. Antognazza ORCID, D. Ghezzi, D. Musitelli, M. Garbugli, G. Lanzani
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Abstract

We demonstrate that a prototypical semiconducting polymer, poly[2-methoxy-5-( 2 -ethylhexyloxy)-p-phenylene vinylene] (MEH-PPV) maintains unaltered its optoelectronic properties throughout the various steps for neural preparation. Films of MEH-PPV, after prolonged immersion in water or buffer solution, are characterized by linear and nonlinear optical spectroscopy. Based on this result, we introduce a hybrid solid-liquid photodiode based on MEH-PPV, in which we use culturing media as liquid, ionic cathodes. The hybrid device is proposed as an active interface between living tissue and conducting polymers for cell diagnostic and neural implants.