Soft Template Electropolymerization of Polypyrrole for Improved pH-Induced Drug Delivery
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials
3. Methods
3.1. Vertical Electrode Configuration
3.2. Horizontal Electrode Configuration
3.3. Morphology
3.4. Conductivity
3.5. pH Sensitivity and Drug Loading Capacity
4. Results and Discussion
4.1. Vertical Electrode Configuration
4.2. Horizontal Electrode Configuration
4.3. Morphology
4.4. Conductivity
4.5. pH Sensitivity
4.6. Drug-Loading Capacity
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
CE | Counter-Electrode |
CV | Cyclic Voltammetry |
FL | Fluorescein |
NaCl | Sodium Chloride |
ICP | Intrinsically conductive polymers |
PPy | Polypyrrole |
RE | Reference Electrode |
SEM | Scanning Electron Microscope |
WE | Working Electrode |
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Liubchak, I.; Lawrence, M.T.; Holness, F.B.; Price, A.D. Soft Template Electropolymerization of Polypyrrole for Improved pH-Induced Drug Delivery. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2020, 21, 8114. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21218114
Liubchak I, Lawrence MT, Holness FB, Price AD. Soft Template Electropolymerization of Polypyrrole for Improved pH-Induced Drug Delivery. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2020; 21(21):8114. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21218114
Chicago/Turabian StyleLiubchak, Iryna, Matthew T. Lawrence, F. Benjamin Holness, and Aaron D. Price. 2020. "Soft Template Electropolymerization of Polypyrrole for Improved pH-Induced Drug Delivery" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21, no. 21: 8114. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21218114