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Polycaprolactone Nanofiber Mats Fabricated Using an Electrospinning Process Supplemented with a Chemical Blowing Agent  

Kim, Geun-Hyung (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chosun University)
Yoon, Hyeon (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chosun University)
Lee, Haeng-Nam (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chosun University)
Park, Gil-Moon (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chosun University)
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Polymer(Korea) / v.32, no.5, 2008 , pp. 458-464 More about this Journal
Abstract
A successful scaffold should have a highly porous structure and good mechanical stability. High porosity and appropriate pore size provide structural matrix for initial cell attachment and proliferation enabling the exchange of nutrients between the scaffold and environment. In this paper the highly porous scaffold of poly(${\varepsilon}$-caprolactone) electrospun nanofibers could be manufactured with an auxiliary electrode and chemical blowing agent (BA) under several processing conditions, such as the concentration of PCL solution, weight percent of a chemical blowing agent, and decomposition time of a chemical blowing agent. To attain stable electrospinnability and blown nanofiber mats having high microporosity and large pore, a processing condition, 8wt% of PCL solution and 0.5wt% of a chemical blowing agent under $100^{\circ}C$ and decomposition time of $2{\sim}3\;s$, was used. The growth characteristic of human dermal fibroblasts cells cultured in the mats showed the good adhesion and proliferation on the blown mat compared to a normal electrospun mat.
Keywords
electrospinning; a chemical blowing agent; poly(${\varepsilon}$-caprolactone) nanofibers;
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