Table 1 The summary of PEDOT: PSS-based neural interfaces for brain recording and modulation

From: PEDOT:PSS-based bioelectronics for brain monitoring and modulation

Application category

Active components

Format

Printing method

Postprocessing method

Electrical properties

Mechanical properties

Resolution

(µm)

SNR (dB)

Ref.

Single-unit recording

PEDOT:PSS, DMSO

Hydrogel

3D printing

Dry annealing

Conductivity:

28 S/cm (annealed state)

Young’s modulus:

1.1 MPas (annealed state)

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14

 

PEDOT:PSS

MEA

ECD

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Electrical impedance:

~52 kΩ at 1 kHz

 

/

~4

151

 

PEDOT:PSS, CNT, PHEMA

Spherical

ECD

/

Electrical impedence:

~1 kΩ at 1 kHz

Young’s modulus: 10 kPa

100

~1.7

198

 

PEDOT:PSS

Free-floating

ECD

/

Electrode impendence:

133 kΩ at 1 kHz

/

/

22–24

199

 

PEDOT:PSS, DA

Hydrogel

Crosslinking

Photocuring

Conductivity: 4176 S/cm (annealed)

/

15.5

/

152

Intracortical recording

PEDOT:PSS, DMSO

MEA

Material extrusion

Dry annealing

Conductivity: 137 S/cm (ink)

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/

 

200

 

PEDOT:PSS, GO

MEA

ECD

/

Electrical impedance:

10.5 kΩ at 1 kHz

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/

/

157

 

PEDOT:PSS, MWCNT

MEA

ECD

/

Electrical impedance:

23 kΩ at 1 kHz

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158

 

PEDOT:PSS, PVA

Hydrogel

Crosslinking

Photocuring

Electrical impedance:

1.14 kΩ at 1 kHz

Stretch:

72% strain

Young’s modulus:

191 kPa

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~3–6

155

 

PEDOT:PSS, Pt NPs, short MWCNT

MEA

ECD

/

Electrical impedance:

12 kΩ at 1 kHz

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/

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201

 

PEDOT:PSS, Pt NPs

MEA

ECD

/

Electrode impedance:

3.4 kΩ at 1 kHz

/

/

 

154

 

PEDOT:PSS, Pt NPs

MEA

ECD

/

Electrode impedance:

17.2 kΩ at 1 kHz

/

/

~17

202

 

PEDOT:PSS

MEA

ECD

/

Electrode impedance:

76 kΩ at 1 kHz

/

/

/

203

 

PEDOT:PSS

MEA

ECD

/

Electrode impedance:

1 kΩ at 1 kHz

/

/

~6–12

138

 

PEDOT:PSS, Pt NPs, MWCNT

MEA

ECD

/

Electrical impedance: 32.46 kΩ at 1 kHz

/

/

/

159

 

PEDOT:PSS, SWCNT

MEA

ECD

/

Electrical impedance:

16 kΩ at 1 kHz

/

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>3

204

 

PEDOT:PSS

Monolayer open-mesh

Spin coating

Thermal annealing

/

/

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205

Intracortical recording & stimulation

PEDOT:PSS, IrOx

MEA

ECD

/

Electrical impedance:

42 kΩ at 1 kHz

CSC:

25 mC/cm2

Bending modulus:

4× 10−13 N·m2

/

~8–16

206

 

PEDOT:PSS, PHEMA

MEA

ECD

/

CICmax:

3.31 mC/cm2

Young’s modulus:

322 kPa

  

165

 

PEDOT:PSS, H2SO4

Film

Spin coating

Thermal annealing

Conductivity: 652 S/cm

Electrode impedance:

90 kΩ at 1 kHz

/

/

/

166

 

PEDOT:PSS

Microprobe

ECD

/

/

/

/

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167

Cortical mapping

PEDOT:PSS, EG, DBSA, GOPTS

MEA

Spin coating

Thermal annealing

Electrode impedance: 12–13 kΩ at 1 kHz

 

50

 

171

 

PEDOT:PSS, PAM

Hydrogel

Crosslinking

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Elastic modulus: 2 kPa

/

 

207

 

PEDOT:PSS, EG

MEA

Spin coating

Thermal annealing

Electrode impedance:

25.8 kΩ at 1 kHz

/

/

 

173

 

PEDOT:PSS, glycerol, DBSA

MEA

Spin coating

Thermal annealing

Electrode impedance:

3.5 kΩ at 1 kHz

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/

 

7

 

PEDOT:PSS, DBSA

Hydrogel

DIW

Thermal annealing

Conductivity: 35 S/cm (hydrogel); 600 S/cm (dry-annealed state)

Young’s modulus: 31 kPa (hydrogel) 1.5 MPa (dry-annealed state)

10

 

177

 

PEDOT:PSS, MWCNT

MEA

ECD

/

Electrical impedance:

20 kΩ at 1 kHz

 

60

/

172

 

PEDOT:PSS

MEA

ECD

/

Electrical impedance:

2 kΩ at 1 kHz

/

/

/

135

 

PEDOT:PSS

MEA

ECD

/

/

/

/

~2–12

208

 

PEDOT:PSS-b-PPEGMEMA

Block-brush film

Crosslinking

/

Volumetric capacitance: 120 F/cm3

Young’s modulus:

1.7 MPa

/

 

174

 

PEDOT:PSS, GOPS, EG, DBSA

MEA

Spin coating

Thermal annealing

Electrical impedance:

147 kΩ at 1 kHz

/

/

/

209

 

PEDOT:PSS, EMIM: TCB

Hydrogel

DIW

/

Conductivity: 286 S/cm

Storage modulus:

105 kPa

Yield stress: 104 kPa

50

 

45

Cortical mapping & stimulation

PEDOT:PSS, silk fibroin, PEGDA

Hydrogel

Crosslinking

/

Sheet resistance: 160 Ω /sq

Stretch:

200% strain

25

 

178

 

PEDOT:PSS, EG

MEA

Spin coating

Thermal annealing

Electrical impedance:

55 kΩ at 1 kHz

CIC: 0.7 mc/cm2

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/

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179

 

PEDOT:PSS, AV gel, glycerol, DMSO

Hydrogel

Crosslinking

Thermal annealing

Maximum transconductance: 250 mS

Young’s modulus:

154 MPa

/

 

175

EEG

PEDOT:PSS

Fiber

Screen printing

/

Sheet resistance: 67 Ω/sq

/

/

 

210

 

PEDOT:PSS, d-sorbitol

Fiber

Material extrusion

/

Double-layer capacitance:

2.72 μF

/

10.7

 

211

 

PEDOT:PSS, GO, SDS, BSL

Film

Spin coating

Thermal annealing

Conductivity: 4142 S/cm

Young’s modulus:

640 kPa

/

~23

112

 

PEDOT:PSS, SDS, GO

Film

Spin coating

Thermal annealing

Sheet resistance: 20.8 Ω /sq

Conductivity: 3727 S/cm

/

/

 

184

BCI

PEDOT:PSS, PVA, borax

Hydrogel

Material extrusion

/

Conductivity:

2.3\(\times \)10−3 S/cm Impedance: 10 kΩ at 0.1 Hz

Young’s modulus:

2.5 MPa

/

13–15

109

 

PEDOT:PSS, SA, PAM, glycerol, KCl

Hydrogel

Crosslinking

Photocuring

Impedance:

<5 kΩ at 0.5–50 Hz

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189