Towards All-Polymeric Cochlear Implant Micro-Electrode Arrays

Cochlear implants (CIs) are the most effective solution to treat severe-to-profound hearing loss. These medical devices mimic and replace the function of the damaged structures of the cochlea. To this date, more than 700,000 individuals worldwide have benefited from CIs. However, state-of-the-art CIs do not provide a natural and high-quality...

Towards All-Polymeric Cochlear Implant Micro-Electrode Arrays

This paper shows that PEDOT:PSS is an excellent material for all-polymeric cochlear implant micro-electrode arrays. Initial experiments have shown a high conductivity of 230 S/cm for PEDOT:PSS samples, which dramatically decreased to 0.48 S/cm after 3 hours of UV treatment. Electrical characterisation of PEDOT:PSS electrodes reveals that its...

Low-Impedance PEDOT:PSS MEA Integrated in a Stretchable Organ-on-Chip Device

We present the first Organ-on-Chip equipped with a low-impedance Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) MicroElectrode Array (MEA). The novel device allows simultaneous mechanical stimulation with a stretchable PDMS membrane and electrical monitoring via the PEDOT:PSS MEA of multiple in vitro cell cultures. The...

Combining solvents and surfactants for inkjet printing PEDOT: PSS on P3HT/PCBM in organic solar cells

A commonly used strategy in the fabrication of organic electronics involves the use of orthogonal solvents, i.e. the alternating use of organic solvents and water for the application of consecutive layers to prevent dissolution of previous layers. This strategy therefore requires the deposition of sequential layers with a large mismatch in...

Self-healing short-circuits in organic light-emitting diodes and solar cells

Organic materials open the way for large-scale applications of Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLED) and solar cells (OPV). These materials can be large-scale processed using printing and coating on rigid and flexible substrates. The resulting devices can therefore be fabricated at low cost for various applications. Production yields suffer,...