Aramid nanofibers reinforced polyvinyl alcohol/tannic acid hydrogel with improved mechanical and antibacterial properties for potential application as wound dressing

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The poor mechanical properties and the lack of antibacterial ability of hydrogels limit their applications as wound dressing. In this work, a novel and high strength polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/tannic acid (TA) hydrogel with aramid nanofibers (ANFs) as the reinforcement was successfully fabricated. The surface composition and microstructure of the hydrogel were characterized by fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The mechanical properties, water content and swelling behaviors, as well as the antibacterial abilities and biocompatibility of the prepared hydrogel were systematically analyzed as well. The results indicated that the prepared hydrogel showed excellent mechanical properties. The tensile strength and elongation of the prepared hydrogel can respectively reach 2.06 MPa and 950% owing to the formation of the multiple H bonds among PVA, ANFs and TA. What's more, PVA/ANFs/TA (PAT) hydrogel possessed shape memory and broad-spectrum antibacterial properties against S. aureus, E. coli and P. aeruginosa (100% antibacterial rate) at the concentration of 12 mg/mL. PAT hydrogels also had low cytotoxicity, affirming its potential application as wound dressing.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:118

Enthalten in:

Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials - 118(2021) vom: 15. Juni, Seite 104452

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Guo, Yuqing [VerfasserIn]
An, Xiaoli [VerfasserIn]
Fan, Zengjie [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9002-89-5
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Antibacterial property
Aramid nanofibers
Hydrogel
Hydrogels
Journal Article
Polyvinyl Alcohol
Polyvinyl alcohol
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Shape memory
Tannins
Wound dressing

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Date Completed 19.05.2021

Date Revised 19.05.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jmbbm.2021.104452

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM323126766