Alin-Alexandru Andrei

Dr. Alin-Alexandru Andrei


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Academic Career Length

2Years (2025-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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6 June 2025 in Biosensors
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CSCristian Sevcencu
Cristian Sevcencu
Izabella CraciunescuIzabella Craciunescu
Izabella Craciunescu
AAAlin-Alexandru Andrei
Alin-Alexandru Andrei
MSMaria Suciu
Maria Suciu
SMSergiu Macavei
Sergiu Macavei
Lucian Barbu-TudoranLucian Barbu-Tudoran
Lucian Barbu-Tudoran
Bioelectronic medicines record biological signals and provide electrical stimulation for the treatment of diseases. Advanced bioelectronic therapies require the development of electrodes that match the softness of the implanted tissues, as the present metal electrodes do not meet this condition. The objective of the present work was to investigate whether the electroconductive polymer polypyrrole (PPy) could be used for fabricating such electrodes, as PPy is several orders softer than metals. For this purpose, we here investigated if electrodes made using coatings and films of PPy doped with naphthalin-2-sulfonic acid (PPy/N) are capable to record and elicit by stimulation cardiac monophasic action potentials (MAPs) and if PPy/N is also biocompatible. The results of this study showed that the tested PPy/N electrodes are capable of recording MAPs almost identical to the MAPs recorded with platinum electrodes and eliciting stimulation-evoked MAPs almost identical to the spontaneous MAPs. In addition, we show here that the cell cultures that we used for biocompatibility tests grew in a similar manner on PPy/N and platinum substrates. We, therefore, conclude that PPy/N coatings and films have recording and electrical stimulation capabilities that are similar to those of platinum electrodes and that PPy/N substrates are as biocompatible as the platinum substrates.