Improvements relating to hydrogels and aerogels

A method of forming an electroconductive aerogel or hydrogel. The method comprises a) forming a suspension of nanoparticles of conductive polymeric material from a miniemulsion of monomeric material in an aqueous solvent; b) combining the suspension of nanoparticles of conductive polymeric material...

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Hauptverfasser: Mario Culebras Rubio, Maurice N Collins, Aleksandra Serafin
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Zusammenfassung:A method of forming an electroconductive aerogel or hydrogel. The method comprises a) forming a suspension of nanoparticles of conductive polymeric material from a miniemulsion of monomeric material in an aqueous solvent; b) combining the suspension of nanoparticles of conductive polymeric material formed in step a) with a gel-forming component; c) forming the mixture obtained in step b) into a hydrogel; and optionally step d) of lyophilising the hydrogel formed in step c) to produce the electroconductive aerogel. Preferably the monomeric material is 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) or pyrrole and the gel forming component comprises hyaluronic acid and/or gelatin. The present invention also provides electroconductive aerogels or hydrogels formed by this method and uses of said electroconductive aerogels or hydrogels for repairing tissue, for example in the treatment of spinal cord injury.