Title
Electrospun scaffolds for wound healing applications from poly(4-hydroxybutyrate): A biobased and biodegradable linear polymer with high elastomeric properties
Date Issued
05 January 2022
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Keridou I.
Franco L.
Martínez J.C.
Turon P.
Puiggalí J.
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Publisher(s)
John Wiley and Sons Inc
Abstract
Electrospun scaffolds of the biodegradable and biocompatible poly-4-hydroxybutyrate (P4HB) polyester have been prepared using horizontal and vertical set-up configurations of electrospinning. Specifically, it has been evaluated the influence of solvent, polymer concentration, and processing parameters, such as applied voltage, flow rate, and needle tip-collector distance. Scaffolds obtained under the most favorable conditions were characterized in terms of crystallinity, lamellar supramolecular order, thermal (including calorimetric and thermogravimetric data), mechanical, and surface properties. Results pointed out significant differences with respect to commercial sutures (based in P4HB, e.g., MonoMax®) and demonstrated that electrospun scaffolds were constituted by crystalline microfibers with a tangled distribution that leads to high modulus Young modulus (4 MPa), maximum strength (28 MPa), and elongation (360%). Furthermore, new scaffolds had thermal stability and a rough surface that led to a hydrophobic character (105°). Scaffolds could also be successfully loaded during the electrospinning process with a peptide analog to the fibroblast growth factor (e.g., CYRSRKYSSWYVALKRC), giving rise to fully biocompatible samples with a clear acceleration in wound healing.
Volume
139
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería química Ciencia de los polímeros
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85111129679
Source
Journal of Applied Polymer Science
ISSN of the container
00218995
Sponsor(s)
The authors are in debt to support from MINECO and FEDER (RTI2018‐101827‐B‐I00) and the Generalitat de Catalunya (2017SGR373). Lourdes Franco acknowledges also the financial support from B. Braun Surgical S.A.U. Diffraction experiments were performed at the NCD‐SWEET beamline at ALBA Synchrotron with the collaboration of ALBA staff.
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