Fabrication and Characterization of Polycaprolactone (PCL)/Gelatin Electrospun Fibers

Abstract:

Over the past few decades, there has been considerable interest in developing electrospun fibers by using electrospinning technique for various applications. Polymer blending is one of the most effective methods in providing desired properties. In this study, synthetic polymer polycaprolactone (PCL) was blended together with natural polymer gelatin where both of them have different properties. It is done by using electrospinning technique. 10 %w/v and 14 %w/v PCL/gelatin electrospun fibers were successfully electrospun with different weight ratio. Processing parameters were set constant in this study and only solution parameters were altered. The optimized electrospun fiber formed was 14 %w/v PCL/gelatin 70:30 with average fiber diameter of 246.30 nm. No beaded fiber was formed in this scanning electron microscope (SEM) image. The result obtained also showed that by increasing the overall polymeric concentration of PCL/gelatin, average fiber diameter decreases. Fiber diameter was also found decreasing with the increase of the concentration of gelatin in the same concentratoin of PCL/gelatin blended electrospun fiber. Blending of PCL and gelatin in different weight ratio had provided different properties of electrospun fibers. It is believed that blended electrospun fibers can be used for biomedical applications.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 554)
• Pages: 52-56
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.554.52
• Online since: June 2014
• Authors: Mim Mim Lim, Naznin Sultana*, Azli Bin Yahya
• Keywords: Average Fiber Diameter, Electro-Spinning, Electrospun Fibers, Gelatin, Polycaprolactone (PCL), Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)

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