Biodegradavel and biocompativel materials based on conducting polymers

• Grant number: 19/12466-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: July 01, 2019
• End date: October 31, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Physical-Chemistry
• Principal Investigator: Susana Inés Córdoba de Torresi
• Grantee: Beatriz de Andrade de Faria
• Host Institution: Instituto de Química (IQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 18/13492-2 - Synthetic and natural scaffolds applied to regenerative medicine, AP.TEM

Abstract

The focus of the project is the application of PEDOT-co-PLLA in tissue engineering, more specifically on nerve cells growth. With the aim of improving cell adhesion and proliferation processes through electric current or electric field stimuli.