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A Novel Gelatin–Carbon Nanotubes Hybrid Hydrogel
Author(s) -
Li He,
Wang Di Qiang,
Chen Hua Lin,
Liu Bai Ling,
Gao Li Zhen
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
macromolecular bioscience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.924
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1616-5195
pISSN - 1616-5187
DOI - 10.1002/mabi.200300034
Subject(s) - gelatin , carbon nanotube , materials science , swelling , self healing hydrogels , chemical engineering , hybrid material , carbon fibers , nanotechnology , polymer chemistry , composite material , chemistry , organic chemistry , composite number , engineering
This letter focuses on the first result of the preparation and the swelling behavior of a novel hybrid gelatin hydrogel with carbon nanotubes. A novel hybrid gelatin hydrogel with carbon nanotubes was synthesized by a physical mixing method. The structure of the novel hydrogel obtained was characterized by SEM. Besides, the swelling behavior of the synthesized hydrogel was measured at two different temperatures. The results indicate that carbon nanotubes added could maintain the stability of the hybrid hydrogel without cross‐linking at 37 °C. This suggests that the hybrid gelatin hydrogel with carbon nanotubes could be used in biomedical field. Besides, its application in protein separation is discussed.SEM image of the gelatin‐MWNTs hybrid gel at 10 000 × magnification.