Sustainable Production of Curable Maltodextrin-Based Electrospun Microfibers

Summary

Maltodextrins are cheap, water-soluble products of starch hydrolysis, and their aqueous solutions can be electrospun directly into bio-based microfibrous mats - no organic solvents required. The obstacle is the same solubility that makes them easy to process: the mats dissolve. This study exploits the hydroxyl groups along the maltodextrin backbone to perform cross-linking reactions after spinning, curing the fibres so they survive contact with water while keeping the whole route sustainable from raw material to finished mat.

Authors & Affiliations

• Claudio Cecone Corresponding

  Department of Chemistry and NIS Interdepartmental Centre, University of Turin, Italy
• Gjylije Hoti

  Department of Chemistry and NIS Interdepartmental Centre, University of Turin, Italy
• Marco Zanetti

  Department of Chemistry and NIS Interdepartmental Centre, University of Turin, Italy
• Francesco Trotta

  Department of Chemistry and NIS Interdepartmental Centre, University of Turin, Italy
• Pierangiola Bracco

  Department of Chemistry and NIS Interdepartmental Centre, University of Turin, Italy

Linari Electrospinning Systems

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