Electroconductive Hydrogel Based on Functional Poly(Ethylenedioxy Thiophene).

ABSTRACT: Poly(ethylene dioxythiophene) with functional pendant groups bearing double bonds is synthesized and employed for the fabrication of electroactive hydrogels with advantageous characteristics: covalently cross-linked porous 3D scaffolds with notable swelling ratio, appropriate mechanical properties, electroactivity in physiological conditions, and suitability for proliferation and differentiation of C2C12 cells. This is a new approach for the fabrication of conductive engineered constructs.

SUBMITTER: Mawad D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5024651 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature