Cover Feature: PEDOT:Tosylate on Biocompatible Chitosan Film by Vapor Phase Polymerization: Promising Technology toward Biocompatible and Wearable Organic Electrochemical Transistor (Small Struct. 2/2026)
Wearable Organic Electrochemical Transistors In their Research Article (10.1002/sstr.202400642), Drew R. Evans, Wei Lin Leong, Prashant Sonar, and co-workers show that PEDOT:Tosylate deposited through vapor-phase polymerisation onto a biocompatible chitosan film generated from seafood waste, produces a flexible, soft, and stable conductive film. This bioconductive film possesses significant potential for the development of next-generation wearable and implantable bioelectronic devices via low-voltage organic electrochemical transistors.
Authors
- Eliza Switalska
- Chattarika Khamhanglit
- John D. McDonald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1349-4906)
- Drew Evans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1525-2249)
- Prashant Sonar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1119-4897)
- Wei Lin Leong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1402-0083)
- Indira Prasadam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5057-2427)
- YuanTong Gu
- Yanan Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4693-5680)
- Antonia RuJia Sun
- Ting Li
Institutions
- Queensland University of Technology (AU)
- University of South Australia (AU)
- Nanyang Technological University (SG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Small Structures
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/sstr.70317
- Primary Topic
- Conducting polymers and applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00