Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
TABLe 14.1
Major.Synthetic.Polymers.Used.in.Electrospinning.Processes
Major Polymers
Biological Relevance
Major Solvents
References
Polylactic.acid,.PLA
Biodegradable
Dichloromethane
Dimethyl.formamide.(DMF)
Methylene.chloride:DMF.
(1.5:1)
Bognitzki.et.al..(2001),.
Zong.et.al..(2002)
Polyglycolic.acid,.PGA
Biodegradable
HFP
Boland.et.al..(2001)
Poly(lactic-co-glycolic.
acid),.PLGA
Biodegradable
Tetrahydrofuran.
(THF):DMF.(1:1)
Li.et.al..(2002)
Polycaprolactone,.PCL
Biodegradable
Chloroform:methanol.(3:1),
Toluene:methanol.(1:1),
Dichloromethane.
(DCM):methanol.(3:1)
Rutledge.et.al..(2001),.
Kang.et.al..(2007),.
Kim.(2008)
Polyethylene.
terephthalate,.PET
Biocompatible,
FDA-approved.
materials
DCM:triluoroacetic.acid.
(TFA).(30:70,.1:1,.70:30)
TFA
Trichloroacetic.acid.
(TCA):DCM.(1:1)
Reneker.and.Chun.(1996),.
Ma.et.al..(2005),.
Veleirinho.et.al..(2008)
Polycarbonate,.PC
Easy.to.work,.mold,.
and.thermoform;
Cell.culture.and.
iltration.substrates
DMF:THF.(1:1)
Dichloromethane
Chloroform
DMF:THF.(40:60.and.30:70)
Huang.et.al..(2003),.
Shawon.and.Sung.(2004)
Polyethylene.oxide,.PEO
Water.soluble
Use.to.make.other.
polymers.
electrospinnable
Distilled.water.(DI.water)
DI.water.and.ethanol.or.
NaCl
DI.water.and.chloroform
DI.water:isopropanol.(1:6)
DI.water:ethanol.(3:2)
DI.water,.chloroform,.
acetone,.and.ethanol.in.
combination
Chloroform
Deitzel.et.al..(2001),.
Huang.et.al..(2003)
Polyamide,.PA
First.nanoiber-based.
3D.cell.culture.insert
Dimethylacetamide
Formic.acid
Huang.et.al..(2003),.
Supaphol.et.al..(2005)
Polystyrene,.PS
Transparent
THF
THF,.DMF,.carbon.disulide,.
and.toluene
Methylethylketone
Chloroform.and.DMF
Torres.(2001),.Huang.
et.al..(2003)
Polyethersulfone,.PES
Heat-resistant,.very.
stable.in.acids,.bases.
and.many.nonpolar.
solvents;.better.
replacement.of.PC
Dimethylsulfoxide.(DMSO).
and.DMF
Hexaluoroisopropanol.
(HFIP)
Chua.et.al..(2006),.
Shabani.et.al..(2009)
Polymethylmethacrylate,.
PMMA
Suitable.for.
microluidic.chips
Tetrahydrofuran,.acetone
Chloroform
Huang.et.al..(2003),.Yang.
et.al..(2008)
Polyaniline,.PANI
Conducting.polymer
Chloroform,
Camphorsulfonic.acid
Norris.et.al..(2000),.
MacDiarmid.et.al..(2001)
Polypyrrole,.PPy
Conducting.polymer
DI.water
Chronakis.et.al..(2006)
