Silk Fibroin-g-Polyaniline Platform for the Design of Biocompatible-Electroactive Substrate

The structural modification of biopolymers is a current strategy to develop materials with biomedical applications. Silk fibroin is a natural fiber derived from a protein produced by the silkworm (Bombyx mori) with biocompatible characteristics and excellent mechanical properties. This research repo...

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Published in:Polymers 2022-11, Vol.14 (21), p.4653
Main Authors: Flores-Vela, Elsa Veronica, Conejo-Dávila, Alain Salvador, Hernández-Escobar, Claudia Alejandra, Dominguez, Rocio Berenice, Chávez-Flores, David, Tapia-Lopez, Lillian V., Piñon-Balderrama, Claudia, Estrada-Monje, Anayansi, Luna-Velasco, María Antonia, Osuna, Velia Carolina, Zaragoza-Contreras, Erasto Armando
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aqueous solutions
Biocompatibility
Biomedical materials
Biopolymers
Chemical sensors
Copolymers
Cytotoxicity
Esterification
Mass ratios
Mechanical properties
NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Polyanilines
Polymerization
Polymers
Silk fibroin
Silkworms
Stability analysis
Structural analysis
Substrates
Thermal stability
Thermogravimetric analysis
Toxicity
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Summary:The structural modification of biopolymers is a current strategy to develop materials with biomedical applications. Silk fibroin is a natural fiber derived from a protein produced by the silkworm (Bombyx mori) with biocompatible characteristics and excellent mechanical properties. This research reports the structural modification of silk fibroin by incorporating polyaniline chain grafts through a one-pot process (esterification reaction/oxidative polymerization). The structural characterization was achieved by 1H-NMR and FT-IR. The morphology was studied by scanning electron microscopy and complemented with thermogravimetric analysis to understand the effect of the thermal stability at each step of the modification. Different fibroin silk (Fib): polyaniline (PAni) mass ratios were evaluated. From this evaluation, it was found that a Fib to PAni ratio of at least 1 to 0.5 is required to produce electroactive polyaniline, as observed by UV-vis and CV. Notably, all the fibroin-g-PAni systems present low cytotoxicity, making them promising systems for developing biocompatible electrochemical sensors.
ISSN:2073-4360
2073-4360
DOI:10.3390/polym14214653