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ArticleBiomaterials research2016

Polypyrrole-incorporated conductive hyaluronic acid hydrogels.

Jongcheol Yang, Goeun Choe, Sumi Yang, Hyerim Jo, Jae Young Lee

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Jongcheol Yang *School of Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Engineering (GIST), Gwangju, 500-712 Republic of Korea.
Goeun Choe *School of Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Engineering (GIST), Gwangju, 500-712 Republic of Korea.
Sumi YangSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Engineering (GIST), Gwangju, 500-712 Republic of Korea.
Hyerim JoSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Engineering (GIST), Gwangju, 500-712 Republic of Korea.
Jae Young LeeSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Engineering (GIST), Gwangju, 500-712 Republic of Korea.

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backgroundHydrogels that possess hydrophilic and soft characteristics have been widely used in various biomedical applications, such as tissue engineering scaffolds and drug delivery. Conventional hydrogels are not electrically conductive and thus their electrical communication with biological systems is limited.

methodTo create electrically conductive hydrogels, we fabricated composite hydrogels of hyaluronic acid and polypyrrole. In particular, we synthesized and used pyrrole-hyaluronic acid-conjugates and further chemically polymerized polypyrrole with the conjugates for the production of conductive hydrogels that can display suitable mechanical and structural properties.

resultsVarious characterization methods, using a rheometer, a scanning electron microscope, and an electrochemical analyzer, revealed that the PPy/HA hydrogels were soft and conductive with ~ 3 kPa Young's modulus and ~ 7.3 mS/cm conductivity. Our preliminary in vitro culture studies showed that fibroblasts were well attached and grew on the conductive hydrogels.

conclusionThese new conductive hydrogels will be greatly beneficial in fields of biomaterials in which electrical properties are important such as tissue engineering scaffolds and prosthetic devices.

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BiomaterialsConductiveHyaluronic AcidHydrogelPolypyrrole

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PMID27708859
PMCPMC5043520

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