Summary
Nanofibrous membranes are the core of most controlled-release devices, and electrospinning is the usual way to make them - but it is slow, costly and hard to scale. Solution blow spinning has been proposed as a faster alternative. This study compares the two directly, producing PLA membranes with graphene nanoplatelets loaded with either carvacrol or chlorhexidine and measuring how each production route affects the release profile. Comparing techniques on identical formulations is the only way to know what is gained or lost in switching.
Authors & Affiliations
Linari Electrospinning Systems
Linari Engineering - Biomedical Division system
The electrospun membranes were produced on a system from Linari Engineering - Biomedical Division (Pisa, Italy), with the process conditions held constant across all samples so that the comparison with blow spinning would be meaningful. See our range of systems, which also covers blow spinning.