(Nanowerk News) Due to their tissue-like mechanical properties, hydrogels are being increasingly used for biomedical applications; a well-known example are soft contact lenses. These gel-like polymers ...

Researchers have developed a bioinspired conductive hydrogel called PEDOT:sGAGh that can simultaneously handle electrical signals and biochemical cues, letting scientists precisely control whether ...

Advancements in biomedical technology continually introduce innovative materials that bridge the gap between biological tissues and electronic devices. Among these, conductive hydrogels have emerged ...

To uniformly disperse liquid metlas (LM) into hydrogel, Dr. Wenxia Liu (State Key Laboratory of Biobased Materials and Green Papermaking, Qilu University of Technology, Shandong Academy of Science) ...

Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are a hot topic these days, with companies like Neuralink racing to create devices that connect humans' brains to machines via tiny implanted electrodes. The potential ...

Bioelectronics, such as implantable health monitors or devices that stimulate brain cells, are not as soft as the surrounding tissues due to their metal electronic circuits. A team of scientists from ...

Flexible and stretchable electronics have brought medical devices into much closer mechanical alignment with soft tissue. But there is still a basic mismatch: most bioelectronic materials are chosen ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) The field of wearable electronics has seen a surge of interest in the research and development of conductive hydrogels, largely due to their skin-like softness, structural ...

In the near-future world of David Cronenberg’s 1999 thriller eXistenZ, much of the world’s population has had a “bioport” installed in their spine, allowing them to directly interface with immersive ...

Injuries to peripheral nerves -- tissues that transmit bioelectrical signals from the brain to the rest of the body -- often result in chronic pain, neurologic disorders, paralysis or disability. Now, ...