Electrical stimulation of human mesenchymal stem cells on biomineralized conducting polymers enhances their differentiation towards osteogenic outcomesElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Experimental details, supplementary schemes and figures. See DOI: 10.1039/c5tb00714c

Tissue scaffolds allowing the behaviour of the cells that reside on them to be controlled are of particular interest for tissue engineering. Herein we describe biomineralized conducting polymer-based bone tissue scaffolds that facilitate the electrical stimulation of human mesenchymal stem cells, resulting in enhancement of their differentiation towards osteogenic outcomes. Tissue scaffolds allowing the behaviour of the cells that reside on them to be controlled are of particular interest for tissue engineering.