Facile synthesis of bacterial cellulose and polyethyleneimine based hybrid hydrogels for antibacterial applications

Bacterial cellulose (BC) has numerous unique properties; however, the lack of antibacterial properties has restricted its biomedical applications. To resolve this problem, we have developed BC/polyethyleneimine (PEI)-based antibacterial hydrogels by a facile two-step-one-pot method using epichlorohydrin (ECH) as a coupling agent. ECH was added to BC solution and homogenized, followed by cross-linking with different content of PEI. The prepared...