Journal
BIOMACROMOLECULES
Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages 151-159Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/bm901016y
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- Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Commissariat General aux Relations Internationales
- National Science Fund of Bulgaria [DO-02-82/2008]
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Novel fibrous materials of stereocomplex between high-molecular-weight poly(D- or L-)lactide (HMPDLA or HMPLLA) and diblock copolymers consisting of poly(L- or D-)lactide and poly(N, N-dimethylamino-2-ethyl methacrylate) blocks, respectively (PLLA-block-PDMAEMA or PDLA-block-PDMAEMA), were prepared by solution electrospinning. Fibers with mean diameters ranging from 1400 to 1700 nm were obtained. The stereocomplex formation was evidenced by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analyses. Annealing at 100 degrees C for 8 h resulted in the appearance of crystalline peaks at 2 theta values of 12, 21, and 24 degrees for PLA stereocomplex. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analyses revealed the gradient composition of the fibers with a surface enriched in tertiary amino groups from PDMAEMA blocks. The availability of tertiary amino groups imparts hemostatic and antibacterial properties to the stereocomplex fibrous materials, as indicated by the performed tests on blood cells and on pathogenic microorganisms.
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