A facile modification to improve the biocompatibility and adsorbability of activated carbon with zwitterionic hydrogel

Journal of Materials Science. Materials in Medicine
Lei ZhangHaishan Qi

Abstract

In this work, poly(carboxybetaine methacrylate) hydrogel (pCBMA) was employed to modify the activated carbon (AC) for improving the biocompatibility and adsorption capacity of AC in biological environments. First, size-controlled hydrogel beads and hydrogel coated AC (pCBMA-AC) were fabricated with a homemade device, and the preparation conditions were optimized. Then the physical and biological properties of pCBMA-AC with different diameters were investigated. 2 mm pCBMA-AC dispalyed excellent stability with leakage rate only 0.16% after 72 h shaking incubation, as well as remarkable biocompatibility with merely 0.13% hemolysis rate and 3.41% cell death, while 14.72% and 70.11% for the bare AC, respectively, indicating the acceptable lower hemolysis and cytotoxicity according to ISO 10993. Furthermore, the adsorption capacities of pCBMA-AC were evaluated in biological environments with methylene blue as model molecules. The pCBMA-AC displayed 93.50% and 97.32% adsorption rates in BSA solution and FBS, respectively, but only 70.33% and 40.26% for the uncoated AC. These results indicated that pCBMA endows AC remarkable biocompatibility and adsorption capacity, which could extend the applications of AC in biological environments.

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