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Electrically Conducting PEDOT:PSS – Gellan Gum Hydrogels

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 October 2013

Holly Warren
Affiliation:
Soft Materials Group, School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW 2522, Australia.
Marc in het Panhuis
Affiliation:
Soft Materials Group, School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW 2522, Australia. Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, AIIM Facility, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia.
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Abstract

Hydrogels consisting of the conducting polymer PEDOT:PSS and the biopolymer gellan gum (GG) were characterized using electrical, mechanical and rheological methods. Compression testing and rheological analysis showed that the gels weakened with increasing PEDOT:PSS content. In contrast, the increasing PEDOT:PSS content resulted in an increasing electrical conductivity.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2013 

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