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A conductive polylactic acid/polyaniline porous scaffold via freeze extraction for potential biomedical applications

Razak, S. I. A. and Dahli, F. N. and Wahab, I. F. and Kadir, M. R. A. and Muhamad, I. I. and Yusof, A. H. M. and Adeli, H. (2016) A conductive polylactic acid/polyaniline porous scaffold via freeze extraction for potential biomedical applications. Soft Materials, 14 (2). pp. 78-86. ISSN 1539-445X

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Abstract

This paper reports for the first time a simple yet effective method for fabricating a conductive and highly porous scaffold material made up of polylactic acid (PLA) and conducting polyaniline (PANI). The electrical percolation state was successfully obtained at 3 wt% of PANI inclusions and reached a conductivity level of useable tissue engineering applications at 4 wt%. In addition, preliminary bioactivity test results indicated that the protonating agent could form a chelate at the scaffold surface leading to good in-vitro apatite forming ability during biomimetic immersion. This new conductive scaffold has potential as a suitable biomedical material that requires electrical conductivity.

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:Biomedical engineering, Biomimetics, Electric conductivity, Extraction, Medical applications, Phosphate minerals, Polyaniline, Polyesters, Scaffolds, Solvents, Tissue, Tissue engineering, Biomedical applications, Biomedical material, Conducting polyaniline, Electrical conductivity, Electrical percolation, Poly lactic acid, Protonating agents, Tissue engineering applications, Scaffolds (biology)
Subjects:Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology
Divisions:Biosciences and Medical Engineering
ID Code:74319
Deposited By: Widya Wahid
Deposited On:29 Nov 2017 23:58
Last Modified:29 Nov 2017 23:58

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