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Engineered properties of polyurethane laden with beetroot and cerium oxide for cardiac patch application

Jaganathan, Saravana Kumar and Mani, Mohan Prasath and Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi and Mohd. Khudzari, Ahmad Zahran and Mohd. Faudzi, Ahmad Athif (2022) Engineered properties of polyurethane laden with beetroot and cerium oxide for cardiac patch application. Journal of Industrial Textiles, 51 (2). 3219S-3237S. ISSN 1528-0837

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/15280837211054218

Abstract

The cardiac patch provides appropriate physicochemical properties and mechanical strength for the regeneration of damaged heart tissues. In this work, for the first-time, beetroot (BR) is blended with cerium oxide (CeO2) to produce nanofibrous polyurethane (PU) composite patch using electrospinning. The objective of this work is to fabricate the composite and examine its feasibility for cardiac patch applications. Morphological analysis revealed a dramatic reduction of fiber diameter of PU/BR (233 ± 175 nm) and PU/BR/CeO2 (331 ± 176 mm) compared to the pristine PU (994 ± 113 mm). Fourier transform infrared analysis (FTIR) analysis indicated functional peak intensities of the newly formed composite PU/BR and PU/BR/CeO2 were not similar to PU. The addition of beetroot rendered PU/BR hydrophilic (86° ± 2), whereas PU/BR/CeO2exhibited hydrophobic nature (99° ± 3). Atomic force microscopy (AFM) analysis depicted the reduced surface roughness of the PU/BR (312 ± 12 nm) and PU/BR/CeO2 (390 ± 125 nm) than the pristine PU (854 ± 32 nm). The incorporation of beetroot and CeO2 into PU enhanced the tensile strength compared with the pristine PU. The blood clotting time of PU/BR (APTT-204 ± 3 s and PT-103 ± 2 s) and PU/BR/CeO2 (APTT-205 ± 3 s and PT-105 ± 2s) were delayed significantly than the pristine PU(APTT-176 ± 2 s and PT-94 ± 2 s) as revealed in the coagulation study. Further, hemolysis assay showed the less toxic nature of the fabricated composites than the pristine PU. Hence, it can be inferred that the advanced physicochemical and blood compatible properties of electrospun PU/BR and PU/BR/CeO2 nanocomposite can be engineered successfully for cardiac patch applications.

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:beetroot, cardiac applications, CeO2
Subjects:T Technology > TP Chemical technology
Divisions:Chemical and Energy Engineering
ID Code:103307
Deposited By: Narimah Nawil
Deposited On:31 Oct 2023 02:29
Last Modified:31 Oct 2023 02:29

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