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. 2021 Jun 1;3(6):2865–2883. doi: 10.1021/acsapm.1c00252

Table 1. Main Conducting Polymers Processed Employing Different 3D Printing Technologies and Relation of the Printed Materials with the Electrical Properties and Final Applications.

conducting polymer secondary polymer conducting filler 3D printing technique electrical properties final structure dimension/applications ref
PEDOT:PSS     inkjet 0.8 kΩ cm–2 2D-3D/electrophysiology (29)
        0.2–1.8 cd A–1, 20 mA cm–2 LECs, wearable electronics (31)
      DIW 15–50 S cm–1 3D/sensors and soft electrochemical probes (60)
        28–155 S cm–1 2D-3D/soft neural probes, wearable electronics (14,58)
        137 S cm–1 3D/thermoelectric generators (61)
  PCL-co-TMC:TBABOB   inkjet 1.2 cd A–1, 0.3 lm W1– 3D/LECs (30)
  EMIM:ES   inkjet 900 S cm–1 3D/biolectronics devices (15)
  P3HT:PCBM   inkjet 0.0019 A W1– 2D/photodetector (120)
  P3HT:PCBM Ag-NWs and ZnO R2R   2D/solar cells (75)
  PEGDA   SLA 662–968 Ω sq–1 3D/neural tissue engineering (97)
        0.055 S cm–1 3D/volatile organic compounds’ adsorbents (VOCs) (99)
  PEO   EHD 0.8–2.8 kΩ cm–1 3D/wearable electronics (90)
  PCL   EHD 1.72 × 103 S m–1 3D/cardiac tissue engineering (91)
  PEGME P(SS-co-TFPMA)   EHD 425–450 S cm–1 2D-3D/organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) (93)
  PNAGA:PAMPS   DIW 0.2–2.2 S m–1 3D/biosensors and electroactive scaffolds (63)
  GelMA   DIW   3D/cell-laden structures (67)
  MC/kCA   DIW 1800–3000 μS cm–1 3D/cell-laden structures (69)
  cellulose:alginate   DIW 5.7 S m–1 3D/energy storage (121)
  carboxymethylcellulose   DIW 10.3 S cm–1–0.9 S cm–1 3D/energy storage (68)
  PVA-Ph   DIW, light based 0.5–3.5 S m–1 3D/sensors, actuators (65)
    CNT Screen/shadow mask printing 63 mΩ sq–1 3D/wearable sensors (115)
  spider silk SWCNT   1077 S cm–1 3D/electron-tendon (114)
  PVDF   inkjet 0.2 mA cm–2, 30 cm2 V–1s–1 2D/Stretchable transistors (116)
    MWCNT inkjet 6.7 S cm–1 2D/- (39)
      aerosol-jet 41 μW/mK2, 29 μV K–1, 496 S cm–1 2D/Energy storage wearable devices (70)
      light-based 0,4 S cm-1 3D/nanorobotics (100)
    graphene inkjet 9 kΩ 2D/electrophysiology (40)
          2D/slectronic skin (eSkin) (41)
    graphene aerosol-jet 1080 μF cm–2 2D/wearable power supplies (102)
      light-based 5.4–23 mF cm–2 2D/wearable electronics (103)
    Ag-NWs inkjet 102 mA cm–2 3D/organic solar cells (42)
    Ag-NWs R2R 0.5–1.3 Ω sq–1 2D/Electrodes (71,72)
    Ag iFP 70 S cm–1 3D/cell-interfaced impedimetric sensor, moisture flow sensor, and noncontact, wearable/portable respiratory sensors (73)
    Ag and ZnO R2R 1000 W m–2 2D/solar cells (74)
PEDOT Nafion   DIW 3 S cm–1 3D/electrochemical transistors (59)
  PLA   DIW 1.8–300 μS cm–1 3D scaffolds/tissue engineering (64)
PPy     inkjet 0.7 S cm–1 2D/eelectronic devices, tissue engineering scaffolds (44)
  collagen   inkjet 1.1 S cm–1 2D/neural tissue engineering (45,107)
  PCL   EDH 0.28–1.15 mS cm–1 3D/peripheral neuronal regeneration (89)
  DCh, PAA   DIW 25–70 S cm–1 3D/human motion detection (76)
  PLLA   DIW 0.48 S cm–1 3D/electroactive tissue engineering scaffolds (80)
  PVA   DIW 200 mF cm–2 3D/supercapacitors, wearable storage devices (81)
  poly(glycerol sebacate):cellulose   DIW 34 mS cm–1 3D/cardiac patches (77)
  alginate   DIW 4.07–6.33 mS cm–1 3D/tissue engineering (78)
  alginate-gelatin   DIW 12–16 mS cm–1 3D/cartilage tissue engineering (79)
    MWCNT meniscus-guided 3D printing 25 S cm–1 3D/sensing transducers, emitters, and radio frequency inductors (82)
PANi     inkjet aerosol 480 F g–1 3D/supercapacitors, batteries, biosensors, bioelectrodes (48)
      EHD 76–755 kΩ 3D/sensors (94)
  PCL, gelatin, SG5   inkjet 10–3 S cm–1 3D/bone tissue engineering (49)
  PCL   DIW 0.25 × 10–4 S cm–1 3D/bone tissue engineering (83)
        6.2 × 10–6 S cm–1 3D/cartilage tissue regeneration (66)
          3D/tissue engineering (84)
    graphene DIW 150–1300 mF cm–2 3D/flexible microsupercapacitors (85,86)
        238 F g–1 3D/electrodes (117)
  polyacrylate graphene light-based, spray 4 × 10–9 S cm–1 3D/bioelectronics devices (104)
  polyurethane graphene DLP 1.37 × 10–6 S cm–1 3D/biomedical devices (98)
    Ag-NWs inkjet 50 Ω sq–1 2D/electrodes (50)