Biological applications of conductive polymers

Starting from the last decade, conductive polymers have been employed to realize a wide variety of devices applied in biological research, thanks to their favourable electrical, mechanical and biocompatibility properties in respect to traditional inorganic semiconductors. In this abstract, a few examples that illustrate the coupling between organic electronics and biology are considered, with a particular regard to poly(3,4-ethylenedioxytiophene) (PEDOT) based devices.