Preparation of chitosan/PLA blend micro/nanofibers by electrospinning
| Autor: | Weiquan Gao, Hongwei Liang, Jia Xu, Jinhui Zhang, Junfeng Li, Hongyan Wang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Morphology (linguistics)
Materials science Scanning electron microscope Mechanical Engineering Condensed Matter Physics Electrospinning Chitosan chemistry.chemical_compound Tissue engineering chemistry Chemical engineering Mechanics of Materials Nanofiber Trifluoroacetic acid General Materials Science Composite material Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy |
| Zdroj: | Materials Letters. 63:658-660 |
| ISSN: | 0167-577X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.matlet.2008.12.014 |
| Popis: | The chitosan/PLA blend micro/nanofibers have been prepared for the first time by electrospinning. Trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) was found to be the co-solvent for electrospinning. The chitosan/PLA blend solutions in various ratios were studied for electrospinning into micro/nanofibers. The morphology of the fibers was shown by scanning electron microscope (SEM). It was found that the average diameter of the chitosan/PLA blend fibers became larger, and the morphology of the fibers became finer with the content of PLA increasing. To show the molecular interactions, chitosan/PLA fibers were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The spun micro/nanofibers are expected to be used in the native extracellular matrix for tissue engineering. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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