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Morphological, electrical & antibacterial properties of trilayered Cs/PAA/PPy bionanocomposites hydrogel based on
A M Youssef1, M E Abdel-Aziz2, E S A El-Sayed3
1Packing and Packaging Materials Department, National Research Centre, 33 El Bohouth St. (Former El Tahrir st.), Dokki, Giza, P.O. 12622, Egypt.
Abstract:
Bionanocomposites hydrogel based on conducting polymers were successfully fabricated from chitosan/polyacrylic acid/polypyrrole (CS/PAA/PPy) as well as the magnetite nanoparticle (Fe3O4-NPs) was prepared via co-precipitation method. In addition, different ratios of Fe3O4-NPs were added to the prepared bionanocomposites to enhance the antimicrobial and the electrical conductivity of the prepared conductive hydrogel. Furthermore, the morphology, the swelling percent, antimicrobial activity and the dielectric properties of the prepared conducting bionanocomposites hydrogel were investigated. The antibacterial activities of the experienced microbes were improved with the increasing the loading of Fe3O4-NPs in conducting Bio-nanocomposites hydrogel. Moreover, the DC-conductivity was examined and our resulted indicated that the DC-conductivity was enhanced by increasing the loadings of Fe3O4-NPs compared to that of the pure CS/PAA as well as CS/PAA/PPy.
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