Agarose-based hydrogel as an electrografting cell

Brigitte Mouanda (1) , Véronique Eyeffa (1) , Serge Palacin (1)

1 LCSI - Laboratoire de Chimie des Surfaces et Interfaces

An agarose gel was used as an electrochemical cell to graft vinylic polymer layers on conductive surfaces by electro-initiated radical electrografting of various watersoluble and hydrophobic vinylic monomers in the presence of diazonium ions. The process was followed by in situ electrochemical measurements and the resulting grafted layer was characterized by infrared (IRRAS) and photoelectron (XPS) spectroscopy.

Keywords: Hydrogel; Cathodic electrochemical polymerization; Grafted surface

Domains: Material chemistry

Brigitte Mouanda, Véronique Eyeffa, Serge Palacin. Agarose-based hydrogel as an electrografting cell. Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, 2008, 39, pp.313-320. ⟨10.1007/s10800-008-9675-3⟩. ⟨cea-01022835⟩