Electrically conductive polypyrrole (PPy) is an intriguing biomaterial capable of efficient electrical interactions with biological systems. Especially, biomimetic PPy-based biomaterials incorporating biomolecules such as hyaluronic acid (HA), can impart the characteristic biological interactions with living cells/tissues to the conductive biomaterials. Here we report the effects of the molecular weight (MW) of HA on PPy-based biomaterials. We utilized HA of a wide range of MW (35 × 10 3 Da-3 × 10 6 Da) as dopants during the electrochemical production of PPy/HA films and their characterization of materials and cellular interactions. With increases in the MWs of HA dopants, PPy/HA exhibited more hydrophilic, higher electrochemical activity and lower impedance. In vitro studies revealed that PPy films doped with low MW HA were supportive to cell adhesion and growth, while PPy films doped with high MW HA were resistant to cell attachment. Subcutaneous implantation of the PPy/HA films for 4 weeks revealed that all the PPy/HA films were tissue compatible. We successfully demonstrate the importance of HA dopant MWs in modulating the chemical and electrical properties of the materials and cellular responses to the materials. Such materials have potential for various biomedical applications, including as tissue scaffolds for tissue engineering scaffolds and as electrodes for neural recording and neuromodulation.
Electrochemical deposition of dopamine-hyaluronic acid conjugates onto electrode surfaces can lead to preserved electrochemical activities and anti-biofouling properties of the electrodes.
This paper is results on Chemisorption of organic compound for the sea water fire fighting line of naval vessels.The quantitative analysis of Chemisorption has been investigated in seawater after immersion in 0.1 % of NaDDTC solutions for 43 hours. The morphology and topography were investigated by FE-SEM and AFM. The chemical elements were analyzed by SEM-EDS, XPS and the depth of chemical elements was measured by depth profiles.The effect of NaDDTC comes from Chemisorption between Copper and Sulfur of NaDDTC. As a result, test results showed that sulfur is helpful to protect a corrosion of seawater line.
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