Bioaugmented polyaniline decorated polylactic acid nanofiber electrode by electrospinning technique for real wastewater‐fed MFC application

Electrospinning technique has excellent advantages such as tunable functionality, thin fibers with large surface areas, ease of processing and good physical properties. Electrospinning provides wide usage area with these advantages in biomedical applications. Polylactic acid (PLA) is a biodegradable and biocompatible polymer, so it can be used in various biomedical applications. PLA can be easily electrospun from solution by using different kinds of conventional solvents. Electrospun PLA based nanofibers are used in many biomedical applications such as drug delivery, scaffold for tissue engineering, dressings for wound healing, dental applications etc. This review focuses on electrospun PLA based nanofibers used in biomedical applications in recent years. Future perspectives of electrospun PLA based fibers are also discussed in the last part.

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Improved Bone Formation by Differentiated Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Endothelial Progenitor Cells Seeded on High Concentrated Bioglass-Polylactic Acid Composite in Calvarial Rat Bone Defect

Stem Cells Research Development & Therapy ◽

10.24966/srdt-2060/100004 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 1-7 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Caroline Seebach ◽

Keyword(s):

Stem Cells ◽

Mesenchymal Stem Cells ◽

Bone Formation ◽

Progenitor Cells ◽

Endothelial Progenitor Cells ◽

Polylactic Acid ◽

Bone Defect ◽

Endothelial Progenitor ◽

Rat Bone

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COMPARING DIFFERENT MATERIALS OF I-JOIST: WOODEN COMPOSITE AND POLYLACTIC ACID 3D PRINTER PLASTIC

European Journal of Technical and Natural Sciences ◽

10.29013/ejtns-20-4-43-49 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 43-49

Author(s):

M. Saranov ◽

H. Yingcheng

Keyword(s):

Polylactic Acid ◽

3D Printer

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Needleless electrospinning of PVP/PGS fibrous scaffolds for skin tissue engineering applications

10.31224/osf.io/xs64k ◽

2018 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Antonios Keirouz ◽

Giuseppino Fortunato ◽

Anthony Callanan ◽

Norbert Radacsi

Keyword(s):

Tissue Engineering ◽

Tensile Modulus ◽

Dermal Fibroblasts ◽

Skin Tissue ◽

Skin Substitute ◽

Electrospinning Technique ◽

Skin Tissue Engineering ◽

Needleless Electrospinning ◽

High Concentrations

Scaffolds and implants used for tissue engineering need to be adapted for their mechanical properties with respect to their environment within the human body. Therefore, a novel composite for skin tissue engineering is presented by use of blends of Poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) and Poly(glycerol sebacate) (PGS) were fabricated via the needleless electrospinning technique. The formed PGS/PVP blends were morphologically, thermochemically and mechanically characterized. The morphology of the developed fibers related to the concentration of PGS, with high concentrations of PGS merging the fibers together plasticizing the scaffold. The tensile modulus appeared to be affected by the concentration of PGS within the blends, with an apparent decrease in the elastic modulus of the electrospun mats and an exponential increase of the elongation at break. Ultraviolet (UV) crosslinking of PGS/PVP significantly decreased and stabilized the wettability of the formed fiber mats, as indicated by contact angle measurements. In vitro examination showed good viability and proliferation of human dermal fibroblasts over the period of a week. The present findings provide important insights for tuning the elastic properties of electrospun material by incorporating this unique elastomer, as a promising future candidate for skin substitute constructs.

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