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Fabrication and characterization of polycaprolactone (PCL)/gelatin electrospun fibers

Lim, Mim Mim and Sultana, Naznin and Yahya, Azli (2014) Fabrication and characterization of polycaprolactone (PCL)/gelatin electrospun fibers. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 554 . pp. 52-56. ISSN 1660-9336

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/ DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net...

Abstract

Over the past few decades, there has been considerable interest in developing electrospun fibers by using electrospinning technique for various applications. Polymer blending is one of the most effective methods in providing desired properties. In this study, synthetic polymer polycaprolactone (PCL) was blended together with natural polymer gelatin where both of them have different properties. It is done by using electrospinning technique. 10%w/v and 14%w/v PCL/gelatin electrospun fibers were successfully electrospun with different weight ratio. Processing parameters were set constant in this study and only solution parameters were altered. The optimized electrospun fiber formed was 14%w/v PCL/gelatin 70:30 with average fiber diameter of 246.30 nm. No beaded fiber was formed in this scanning electron microscope (SEM) image. The result obtained also showed that by increasing the overall polymeric concentration of PCL/gelatin, average fiber diameter decreases. Fiber diameter was also found decreasing with the increase of the concentration of gelatin in the same concentratoin of PCL/gelatin blended electrospun fiber. Blending of PCL and gelatin in different weight ratio had provided different properties of electrospun fibers. It is believed that blended electrospun fibers can be used for biomedical applications.

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:average fiber diameter, electrospinning, electrospun fibers, gelatin, polycaprolactone (PCL), Scanning electron microscope (SEM)
Subjects:Q Science > QH Natural history
Divisions:Biosciences and Medical Engineering
ID Code:52841
Deposited By: Siti Nor Hashidah Zakaria
Deposited On:01 Feb 2016 03:53
Last Modified:04 Jul 2018 11:52

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