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Elsevier, Progress in Organic Coatings, 11(77), p. 1890-1900, 2014

DOI: 10.1016/j.porgcoat.2014.06.023

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Poly(dopamine) assisted deposition of adherent PPy film on Ti substrate

Journal article published in 2014 by Simona Popescu, Camelia Ungureanu, Ana Maria Albu, Cristian Pirvu ORCID
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Abstract

This study aims to address an issue to a subject that is still less present in literature: the adherence of polypyrrole (PPy) films on bioinert substrate. The poly(dopamine) (PDA) assisted deposition of PPy film on titanium substrate was performed in two steps. The chemical self-polymerization of dopamine was performed as a preliminary step from dopamine in Tris buffer solution on titanium substrate. Then, the resulted poly(dopamine) layer consisting of anchors with strong interactions with Ti surface was a new suitable substrate for polypyrrole film electrochemical deposition. The new PDA-PPy films were characterized in terms of interest properties for the desired biomedical applications: adherence, electrochemical stability of PDA-PPy film, wettability, topography, morphology and antibacterial effect. The poly(dopamine) assisted deposition of PPy film has been shown to be a facile and efficient route to improve the adhesion of PPy film on titanium maintaining or improving the properties of polymeric film.