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JOURNAL OF POLYMERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Volume 25, Issue 3, Pages 526-532Publisher
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DOI: 10.1007/s10924-016-0831-2
Keywords
Biopolymers; Conductivity; Enzymes; Gels
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- Program for Chang Jiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University [IRT_15R26]
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Electro conductive hydrogels, consisting of chitosan (CS), hyaluronic acid (HA), and polypyrrole (PPy), were prepared via an in situ enzymic polymerization of pyrrole in the CS-HA hydrogel, using laccase as the catalyst. This CS-HA-PPy composite hydrogel showed good conductivity. The chemical structure and morphology of this conductive hydrogel were studied by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and X-ray diffraction technique. For CS-HA-PPy and CH-HA hydrogel, the temperature at which fastest decomposition occurred was 260 and 244 A degrees C, respectively. That means the thermal stability of CS-HA-PPy is better than CS-HA hydrogel. The conductive hydrogel also showed excellent swelling and deswelling behaviors.
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