A conductive sodium alginate and carboxymethyl chitosan hydrogel doped with polypyrrole for peripheral nerve regeneration

• Published in: RSC advances Vol. 8; no. 2; pp. 186 - 1817
• Main Authors: Bu, Ying, Xu, Hai-Xing, Li, Xin, Xu, Wen-Jin, Yin, Yi-xia, Dai, Hong-lian, Wang, Xiao-bin, Huang, Zhi-Jun, Xu, Pei-Hu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Royal Society of Chemistry 01.01.2018; The Royal Society of Chemistry
• Subjects: animal experimentation; Biocompatibility; biocompatible materials; calcium; Calcium carbonate; Calcium ions; cell growth; Chemistry; Chitosan; Crosslinking; Electrical resistivity; electrical treatment; Gelation; Hydrogels; ions; Mechanical properties; Modulus of elasticity; nerve regeneration; nerve tissue; Polymers; Polypyrroles; Porosity; pyrroles; Regeneration; Sodium alginate; Sustained release; Swelling ratio; Tissue engineering

Polymer materials with electrically conductive properties have good applications in their respective fields because of their special properties. However, they usually exhibited poor mechanical properties and biocompatibility. In this work, we present a simple approach to prepare conductive sodium al...