Morphology and properties of electrospun PCL and its composites for medical applications: A mini review

MJ Mochane, TS Motsoeneng, ER Sadiku… - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Polycaprolactone (PCL) is one of the most used synthetic polymers for medical applications
due to its biocompatibility and slow biodegradation character. Combining the inherent …

Biomedical applications of electrospun polycaprolactone fiber mats

O Suwantong - Polymers for Advanced Technologies, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Polycaprolactone (PCL) is a biodegradable polyester emerging into biomedical applications
because of its biodegradability, biocompatibility, chemical stability, thermal stability and …

An alternative solvent system for the steady state electrospinning of polycaprolactone

L Van der Schueren, B De Schoenmaker… - European Polymer …, 2011 - Elsevier
Polycaprolactone (PCL) is a biocompatible aliphatic polyester with many possible
applications in the medical field. PCL nanofibres, produced by electrospinning, could …

[HTML][HTML] Electrospun polycaprolactone nanofibers: Current research and applications in biomedical application

A Azari, A Golchin, MM Maymand… - Advanced …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Unique mechanical properties, miscibility potency, and biodegradability are the three
prominent features of polycaprolactone (PCL), making it an attractive biomaterial which …

Biomedical applications of electrospun polycaprolactone-based carbohydrate polymers: A review

V Rahimkhoei, M Padervand, M Hedayat… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Carbohydrate used in biomedical applications is influenced by numerous factors. One of the
most appealing characteristic of carbohydrates is their ability to reproduce from natural …

Versatile production of poly (epsilon-caprolactone) fibers by electrospinning using benign solvents

L Liverani, AR Boccaccini - Nanomaterials, 2016 - mdpi.com
The electrospinning technique is widely used for the fabrication of micro-and nanofibrous
structures. Recent studies have focused on the use of less toxic and harmful solvents …

Emulsion electrospinning of polycaprolactone: influence of surfactant type towards the scaffold properties

J Hu, MP Prabhakaran, X Ding… - Journal of Biomaterials …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Producing uniform nanofibers in high quality by electrospinning remains a huge challenge,
especially using low concentrated polymer solutions. However, emulsion electrospinning …

Impact of various sterilization and disinfection techniques on electrospun poly-ε-caprolactone

J Horakova, M Klicova, J Erben, A Klapstova… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Electrospun materials made from biodegradable polycaprolactone are used widely in
various tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications because of their …

Electrospinning of PCL-based blends: Processing optimization for their scalable production

MP Arrieta, A Leonés Gil, M Yusef, JM Kenny, L Peponi - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this work poly (ε-caprolactone)(PCL) based electrospun mats were prepared by blending
PCL with microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) and poly (3-hydroxybutyrate)(PHB). The …

Electrospinning polycaprolactone dissolved in glacial acetic acid: Fiber production, nonwoven characterization, and In Vitro evaluation

JL Ferreira, S Gomes, C Henriques… - Journal of Applied …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The electrospinning of polycaprolactone (PCL) dissolved in glacial acetic acid and the
characterization of the resultant nonwoven fiber mats is reported in this work. For …