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Electroactive hydrogels based on poly(acrylic acid) and polypyrrole

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This study is concerned with the preparation of novel composite systems in which the hydrogel of crosslinked poly(acrylic acid) is a matrix and polypyrrole is an electroconducting component. The effects of synthesis conditions on the structure of the composite systems, their ability to swell in water, and mechanical characteristics are studied. The proposed synthesis procedure allows production of a bulk electroconducting phase of polypyrrole in the hydrogel matrix. The effect of crosslink density of hydrogel on the character of polypyrrole distribution in the matrix is studied. The above composites combine the electrical characteristics of polypyrrole with high elasticity and the ability to repeatedly swell the crosslinked poly(acrylic acid).

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  1. Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bol’shoi pr. 31, St. Petersburg, 199004, Russia

    M. A. Smirnov, N. V. Bobrova, I. Yu. Dmitriev & G. K. Elyashevich

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    V. Bukolšek

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Original Russian Text © M.A. Smirnov, N.V. Bobrova, I.Yu. Dmitriev, V. Bukolšek, G.K. Elyashevich, 2011, published in Vysokomolekulyarnye Soedineniya, Ser. A, 2011, Vol. 53, No. 1, pp. 70–77.

This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project nos. 07-03-00177 and 10-03-00421) and by the Program of Basic Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Division of Chemistry and Materials Science, 2009, direction “Conducting and Electroactive Polymers.”

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Smirnov, M.A., Bobrova, N.V., Dmitriev, I.Y. et al. Electroactive hydrogels based on poly(acrylic acid) and polypyrrole. Polym. Sci. Ser. A 53, 67–74 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0965545X11010068

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