MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING
HO CHI MINH CITY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION

FACULTY FOR HIGH-QUALITY TRAINING

GRADUATION PROJECT
Project: “Development of conductive alginate-based hydrogels
with excellent mechanical properties and conductivity
via the reconstruction process ”
Advisor:

PhD. TRAN VAN TRON

Students:

NGUYEN TRAM ANH
DOAN THAI BINH
NGUYEN LUU MINH THUAN

Student IDs:

18144003
18144008
18144054

Class:

18144CLA

Year:

2018-2022

Ho Chi Minh City, July 2023

HO CHI MINH CITY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION
FACULTY FOR HIGH-QUALITY TRAINING

Faculty: Mechanical Engineering

GRADUATION PROJECT
Project: “ Development of conductive alginate-based hydrogels
with excellent mechanical properties and conductivity
via the reconstruction process”
Advisor:

PhD. TRAN VAN TRON

Student:

NGUYEN TRAM ANH
DOAN THAI BINH
NGUYEN LUU MINH THUAN

Student ID:

18144003
18144008
18144054

Class:

18144CLA

Year:

2018-2022

Ho Chi Minh City, July 2022

UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION

THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

FACULTY OF HIGH-QUALITY TRAINING

Independence – Freedom– Happiness

GRADUATION PROJECT ASSIGNMENT
Semester 2/ Year 2022-2023
Advisor: PhD. Tran Van Tron
Student’s name: Nguyen Tram Anh

Student ID: 18144003

Phone no.: 0352267285

Student’s name: Doan Thai Binh

Student ID: 18144008

Phone no.: 0917991974

Student’s name: Nguyen Luu Minh Thuan

Student ID: 18144054

Phone no.: 0934862467

1. Graduation project
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Project code: 22223DT83

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Project title: “ Development of conductive alginate-based hydrogels with excellent
mechanical properties and conductivity via the reconstruction process”

2. Initial data and documents:
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Molecular structure of sodium alginate

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Fabrication process of conductive alginate-based hydrogels via a diffusion method

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Evaluation of mechanical properties of hydrogels via tensile test

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Method of measuring conductivity

3. Content of the project:
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A survey on fabrications and applications of recently reported conductive hydrogels

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Synthesizing the initial conductive alginate-based hydrogels and developing the
reconstruction process for the gels

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Fabricating a series of conductive hydrogels via the developed reconstruction process

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Evaluating their mechanical properties and conductivity

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Preparing self-welding conductive hydrogels and determining their shear stress

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4. Final product:
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Conductive alginate-based hydrogels

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