Title
A conducting polymer/protein composite with bactericidal and electroactive properties
Date Issued
01 May 2012
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Abstract
Lysozyme, an enzyme with bactericidal activity over Gram-positive bacteria cells, is incorporated into PEDOT to prepare films with high biological and electrochemical activity. Two different strategies are used: (1) PEDOT films are coated with a layer of enzyme, which was adsorbed on the surface; and (2) the lysozyme is added to the polymerization medium used for the preparation of the conducting polymer. The enzyme adsorbed at the surface of the polymer produces a biphasic system that retains the electrochemical properties of the conducting polymer but is not able to protect against bacterial growth. In contrast, the addition of lysozyme to the polymerization medium results in a homogeneous composite with high bactericidal and electrochemical activities.© 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
Start page
427
End page
436
Volume
297
Issue
5
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería química
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84860830241
Source
Macromolecular Materials and Engineering
ISSN of the container
14392054
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