Morphological Characteristics of Electrospun PCL Meshes ??? The Influence of Solvent Type and Concentration

Paulo Jorge Da Silva bartolo; J Dias; P B??rtolo

doi:10.1016/j.procir.2013.01.043

Morphological Characteristics of Electrospun PCL Meshes ??? The Influence of Solvent Type and Concentration

Paulo Jorge Da Silva bartolo, J Dias, P B??rtolo

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Abstract

Fibrous scaffolds, with fiber dimensions on the nanometer scale, are ideal for tissue engineering applications as they can mimic the physical structure of natural extracellular matrix. This paper investigates the effect of the solvent type and the solvent concentration on the morphological and hydrophobic characteristics of Polycaprolactone (PCL) meshes. Acetone and acetic acid with triethylamine (TEA) were used as solvents with different concentrations of PCL. Results show that its use allows the formation of meshes with high surface roughness, less surface friction and less hydrophobicity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	216-221
Number of pages	6
Journal	Procedia CIRP
Volume	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2013.01.043
Publication status	Published - 2013

Keywords

Electrospinning
Nanofibers
Polycaprolacone
tissue engineering

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