• 文献标题:   Engineering alginate hydrogel films with poly (3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-valerate) and graphene nanoplatelets: Enhancement of antiviral activity, cell adhesion and electroactive properties
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   HURTADO A, CANOVICENT A, TUNONMOLINA A, APARICIOCOLLADO JL, SALESA B, SERRA RSI, SERRANOAROCA A
  • 作者关键词:   phbv, alginate, graphene nanoplatelet
  • 出版物名称:   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
  • ISSN:   0141-8130 EI 1879-0003
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  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.08.039 EA AUG 2022
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

A new biodegradable semi-interpenetrated polymer network (semi-IPN) of two US Food and Drug Administration approved materials, poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-valerate) (PHBV) and calcium alginate (CA) was engineered to provide an alternative strategy to enhance the poor adhesion properties of CA. The synthesis procedure allows the additional incorporation of 10 % w/w of graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs), which have no cytotoxic effect on human keratinocytes. This quantity of multilayer graphene provides superior antiviral activity to the novel semi-IPN against a surrogate virus of SARS-CoV-2. Adding GNPs hardly affects the water absorption or electrical conductivity of the pure components of CA and PHBV. However, the semi-IPN's electrical conductivity increases dramatically after adding GNP due to molecular rearrangements of the intertwined polymer chains that continuously distribute the GNP nanosheets, This new hydrophilic composite biomaterial film shows great promise for skin biomedical applications, especially those that require antiviral and/or biodegradable electro-conductive materials.