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Cotton fabric coated with conducting polymers and its application in monitoring of carnivorous plant response
The paper describes the electrical plant response to mechanical stimulation monitored
with the help of conducting polymers deposited on cotton fabric. Cotton fabric was coated with
conducting polymers, polyaniline or polypyrrole, in situ during the oxidation of respective monomers
in aqueous medium. Thus, modified fabrics were again coated with polypyrrole or polyaniline,
respectively, in order to investigate any synergetic effect between both polymers with respect to
conductivity and its stability during repeated dry cleaning. The coating was confirmed by infrared
spectroscopy. The resulting fabrics have been used as electrodes to collect the electrical response to
the stimulation of a Venus flytrap plant. This is a paradigm of the use of conducting polymers in
monitoring of plant neurobiology.Web of Science164art. no. 49