Electrospun PCL/PGS Composite Fibers Incorporating Bioactive Glass Particles

Summary

Poly(glycerol sebacate) and polycaprolactone are both well established for biomedical electrospinning, and their blend has a practical advantage worth noting: it can be processed with benign solvents rather than the aggressive ones the field often relies on. This study examines whether that blend also tolerates the incorporation of bioactive glass particles, producing composite fibres for soft tissue engineering. Keeping the solvent system benign while adding an inorganic bioactive phase is the balance the work sets out to strike.

Authors & Affiliations

• Marina Luginina

  Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica, Chimica e dei Materiali, University of Cagliari, Italy
• Katharina Schuhladen

  Institute of Biomaterials, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
• Roberto Orrù

  Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica, Chimica e dei Materiali, University of Cagliari, Italy
• Giacomo Cao

  Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica, Chimica e dei Materiali, University of Cagliari, Italy
• Aldo R. Boccaccini

  Institute of Biomaterials, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
• Liliana Liverani Corresponding

  Institute of Biomaterials, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

Linari Electrospinning Systems

Topics

Materials