Development of a novel conductive CMC\polyaniline hydrogel

This study reports the development of Novel electrically conductinghydrogel polymerthat is shown to combine both electro-properties and hydrogel characteristics. First carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) hydrogel with excellent swelling behavior was prepared by using succinic acid (0.5%), then (CMC\polyaniline) conducting hydrogel was fabricated by in situ polymerization of aniline within the matrix of CMC hydrogel. The influence of initiator as well as aniline monomer concentration on the conductivity of hydrogel was investigated. Morphology of the developed hydrogelwas evaluated by scanning electron microscopy analysis. To consider the potential of electrically conductive hydrogel in biomedical applications, biocidail activity of the aforementioned conductive hydrogelas well as gram positive, gram negative bacteria were studied.