Electrospinning of chitosan dissolved in concentrated acetic acid solution.

By Xinying Geng, O. Kwon, Jin-Ho Jang. Biomaterials, 2005

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Subfields: Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering, Polymers and Plastics

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Preparations, properties and applications of chitosan based nanofibers fabricated by electrospinning (2011, positive): “[17] from the following optimum condition: 7% chitosan solution in aqueous 90% acetic acid solution and in the electric field of 4 kV/cm.”
Encapsulation of bioactive compounds through electrospinning/electrospraying and spray drying: A comparative assessment of food-related applications (2017, background): “and Geng et al.([110]) showed that very lowmolecular weight polymers have a tendency to form”
Biomimetic nanofibrous scaffolds for bone tissue engineering (2011, neutral): “Collagen [27], gelatin [28], silk [29], and chitosan [30], among others, are commonly used natural polymers for scaffold fabrication, but care must be taken to prevent denaturation when proteins are used [31].”
Nanofibers and their applications in tissue engineering (2006, methodology): “Chitosan is another natural biomaterial that has been used to make nanofibers (Geng et al 2005).”
Recent progress of membrane distillation using electrospun nanofibrous membrane (2014, background): “However, too far TCD would also result in bead formation [132].”
A Review on Biopolymer-Based Fibers via Electrospinning and Solution Blowing and Their Applications (2018, background): “, (2005) [158] reported electrospinning of chitosan nanofibers using high concentration acetic acid as a solvent.”
A Review: Electrospinning of Biopolymer Nanofibers and their Applications (2008, background): “Possibly, this is because inappropriate MWs of chitosan were tested.(181,183)”
Electrospinning: a fascinating fiber fabrication technique. (2010, methodology): “The effect of tip and the collector distance on fibermorphology is not as significant as other parameters and this has been observed with electrospinning of PVA (Zhang et al., 2005b), gelatin (Ki et al., 2005), chitosan (Geng et al., 2005) and poly (vinylidene fluoride) (Zhao et al., 2005).”