Title
Smart Drug Delivery from Electrospun Fibers through Electroresponsive Polymeric Nanoparticles
Date Issued
19 November 2018
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Publisher(s)
American Chemical Society
Abstract
Electrospun poly(ϵ-caprolactone) (PCL) microfibers loaded with poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) nanoparticles (PEDOT NPs) and curcumin with diameter of 3.9 ± 0.7 μm have been prepared and subsequently characterized using different spectroscopic techniques, scanning electron microscopy, and atomic force microscopy. PEDOT NPs, which are mainly located inside the PCL microfibers, exhibit a diameter of 99 ± 21 nm. PEDOT- A nd curcumin-containing PCL microfibers behave as extracellular cell matrices, facilitating cell spreading and enhancing cell proliferation because of their heterogeneity and roughness. The release of curcumin from the PCL microfibers by simple diffusion is very slow, external electric stimuli being required to boost and regulate the curcumin delivery process. PEDOT NPs behave as electroactuators upon application of well-defined potential pulses, increasing their diameter by about 17% and migrating from inside the PCL matrix to the surface of the microfibers. This electromechanical actuation mechanism affects the structure of the PCL matrix, promoting the release of curcumin that increases with the number of pulses. Overall, PCL fibers loaded with electroresponsive PEDOT NPs represent a promising and valuable drug delivery system that can be regulated by using pulsatile electrical stimulation.
Start page
1594
End page
1605
Volume
1
Issue
5
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería química
Farmacología, Farmacia
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85067879595
Source
ACS Applied Bio Materials
ISSN of the container
25766422
Sponsor(s)
The authors acknowledge MINECO/FEDER (MAT2015-69367-R) and the Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (2017SGR359) for financial support. Support for the research of C.A. was received through the prize “ICREA Academia” for excellence in research funded by the Generalitat de Catalunya.
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