High Surface Area Porous Polypyrrole Structures for Glutamate Delivery

Category
Breakthrough Technologies
Year
2014
Authors
B. Angoro, A. Seyfoddin, M. Sharma, G. Waterhouse, I. Rupenthal, Z. Wu and D. Svirskis
Institutions
School of Pharmacy, School of Chemical Sciences, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Summary

High surface area porous polypyrrole structures were fabricated with differing thickness, order and solid volume fraction. The excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate was successfully loaded into these structures; these systems could be used for triggered drug release, as a biomimetic system.