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Bacterial Nanocellulose as a Structured
Platform for Conductive Biopolymers
Fernando D
ourado, 1 Daliana M
uller, 2 Catarina N
unes, 1
Carlos Rambo, 3 and G
uilherme M
ariz d
e O
liveira B
arra 2
1 Centre for Biological Engineering, Institute for Biotechnology and
Bioengineering, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of
Santa Catarina, Campus Universitário, Santa Catarina, Brazil
3 Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal University
of Santa Catarina, Santa Catarina, Brazil
CONTENTS
Introduction.......................................................................................................... 240
Conductive.Polymer.Fibrous.Templates.......................................................... 243
Conductive.BNC.................................................................................................. 245
Conductive.BNC.as.a.Biomaterial................................................................254
Conclusions. .......................................................................................................... 257
References. ............................................................................................................. 258
Since.the.discovery.that.polyacetylene.could.be.doped.to.the.. metallic.
state. more. than. 3. decades. ago,. an. ever-growing. body. of. a. multidisciplinary. approach. to. material. design,. synthesis,. and. system. integration.has.been.evidenced..The.present.chapter.will.primarily.review.
the.emerging.field.of.intrinsically.conducting.polymer.and.conductive.
polymer.blends,.with.polyaniline.and.polypyrrole.as.the.major.representatives.of.conducting.polymers..This.survey.will.also.address.some.of.
the.potential.areas.for.applications.of.such.conductive.polymer.blends..
Also,. current. results. concerning. the. chemical. polymerization. of. conducting.polymers.on.bacterial.nanocellulose.(BNC).will.be.presented,.
including.brief.remarks.on.the.rationale.for.the.use.of.conductive.BNC.
blends.. This. will. be. followed. by. a. discussion. on. their. properties. and.
potential.applications.
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Bacterial Nanocellulose as a Structured
Platform for Conductive Biopolymers
Fernando D
ourado, 1 Daliana M
uller, 2 Catarina N
unes, 1
Carlos Rambo, 3 and G
uilherme M
ariz d
e O
liveira B
arra 2
1 Centre for Biological Engineering, Institute for Biotechnology and
Bioengineering, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of
Santa Catarina, Campus Universitário, Santa Catarina, Brazil
3 Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal University
of Santa Catarina, Santa Catarina, Brazil
CONTENTS
Introduction.......................................................................................................... 240
Conductive.Polymer.Fibrous.Templates.......................................................... 243
Conductive.BNC.................................................................................................. 245
Conductive.BNC.as.a.Biomaterial................................................................254
Conclusions. .......................................................................................................... 257
References. ............................................................................................................. 258
Since.the.discovery.that.polyacetylene.could.be.doped.to.the.. metallic.
state. more. than. 3. decades. ago,. an. ever-growing. body. of. a. multidisciplinary. approach. to. material. design,. synthesis,. and. system. integration.has.been.evidenced..The.present.chapter.will.primarily.review.
the.emerging.field.of.intrinsically.conducting.polymer.and.conductive.
polymer.blends,.with.polyaniline.and.polypyrrole.as.the.major.representatives.of.conducting.polymers..This.survey.will.also.address.some.of.
the.potential.areas.for.applications.of.such.conductive.polymer.blends..
Also,. current. results. concerning. the. chemical. polymerization. of. conducting.polymers.on.bacterial.nanocellulose.(BNC).will.be.presented,.
including.brief.remarks.on.the.rationale.for.the.use.of.conductive.BNC.
blends.. This. will. be. followed. by. a. discussion. on. their. properties. and.
potential.applications.
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