Studies on spinning and rheological behaviors of regenerated silk fibroin/N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide·H2O solutions

Xu, Ying; Shao, Huili; Zhang, Yaopeng; Hu, Xuechao

doi:10.1007/s10853-005-4301-9

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“…Silks are natural polymers produced by insects such as spiders and silkworms. Natural silk fibres have shown favourable features (biocompatibility, non-toxicity) needed for biomaterial applications [ 60 , 61 ]. In addition, the mechanical properties are excellent [ 62 ].…”

Section: Chitosan-based Polymers For Solution Electrospinningmentioning

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Electrospinning of Chitosan-Based Solutions for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

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Najeeb

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Electrospinning has been used for decades to generate nano-fibres via an electrically charged jet of polymer solution. This process is established on a spinning technique, using electrostatic forces to produce fine fibres from polymer solutions. Amongst, the electrospinning of available biopolymers (silk, cellulose, collagen, gelatine and hyaluronic acid), chitosan (CH) has shown a favourable outcome for tissue regeneration applications. The aim of the current review is to assess the current literature about electrospinning chitosan and its composite formulations for creating fibres in combination with other natural polymers to be employed in tissue engineering. In addition, various polymers blended with chitosan for electrospinning have been discussed in terms of their potential biomedical applications. The review shows that evidence exists in support of the favourable properties and biocompatibility of chitosan electrospun composite biomaterials for a range of applications. However, further research and in vivo studies are required to translate these materials from the laboratory to clinical applications.

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Section: Chitosan-based Polymers For Solution Electrospinningmentioning

confidence: 99%

Electrospinning of Chitosan-Based Solutions for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Qasim

Zafar

Najeeb

et al. 2018

IJMS

259

156

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“…Hot fibroin/NMMO solution with a concentration of 20 wt% was extruded, passing out through an air gap and entering a methanol coagulation bath to form continuous fibre. 137 The as-spun fibres were drawn 3.6-fold in the wet state yielding threads with an average tenacity of 3.07 cN/dtex (ca. 0.40 GPa), which was a little lower than that of natural silks.…”

Section: Wet Spinning Of Silkworm Fibroin From Aqueousmentioning

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Animal silks: their structures, properties and artificial production

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“…More recently reports on the swelling and dissolution of silk fibroin polymers in NMMO appeared [28,40,41] and regenerated SF were obtained by spinning these solutions at high polymer concentration [42,43]. In our previous papers [42,43] we described the results obtained by using a dry-jet wet spinning line, starting from SF-NMMO solutions.…”

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