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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLYMERIC MATERIALS AND POLYMERIC BIOMATERIALS
Volume 65, Issue 1, Pages 28-37Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS AS
DOI: 10.1080/00914037.2015.1055628
Keywords
Electrospinning; in vitro degradation; PCL; ZnO
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- Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India, New Delhi through MSUB IPLSARE program
- Department of Science and Technology (DST) - Nanomission
- UGC SAP
- DST-FIST
- SAARD-KSCSTE
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Even though the biodegradability of polycaprolactone (PCL) is well established, few studies have carried out on the effect of nanofillers on the in vitro degradability of electrospun PCL membranes. Thus, the authors incorporated common nanofiller zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles in electrospun PCL membranes. From the study of morphological schanges as well as the changes in crystallinity, it is clear that the ZnO nanoparticles accelerated the degradation of PCL. The FTIR results ascertain that the hydrolysis of the PCL nanofibers generates free hydroxyl and carbonyl groups in the bulk of the polymer. The tensile property of the PCL/ZnO nanocomposite membranes decreased with an increase in filler loading during degradation. [GRAPHICS] .
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