Affiliation:
1. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology McMaster University 1280 Main Street West Hamilton Ontario Canada L8S 4M1
2. School of Biomedical Engineering McMaster University 1280 Main Street West Hamilton Ontario Canada L8S 4M1
3. Centre for Advanced Light Microscopy McMaster University 1280 Main Street West Hamilton Ontario Canada L8S 4M1
4. Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research McMaster University 1280 Main Street West Hamilton Ontario Canada L8S 4 M1
Abstract
AbstractSince their discovery in the 1940s, shape memory polymers (SMPs) have been used in a broad spectrum of applications for research and industry.[1] SMPs can adopt a temporary shape and promptly return to their original form when submitted to an external stimulus. They have proven useful in fields such as wearable and stretchable electronics,[2] biomedicine,[3] and aerospace.[4] These materials are attractive and unique due to their ability to “remember” a shape after being submitted to elastic deformation. By combining the properties of SMPs with the advantages of electrochemistry, opportunities have emerged to develop structured sensing devices through simple and inexpensive fabrication approaches. The use of electrochemistry for signal transduction provides several advantages, including the translation into inexpensive sensing devices that are relatively easy to miniaturize, extremely low concentration requirements for detection, rapid sensing, and multiplexed detection. Thus, electrochemistry has been used in biosensing,[5] pollutant detection,[6] and pharmacological[7] applications, among others. To date, there is no review that summarizes the literature addressing the use of SMPs in the fabrication of structured electrodes for electrochemical sensing. This review aims to fill this gap by compiling the research that has been done on this topic over the last decade.
Funder
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Subject
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
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