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Electrospinning of Polycaprolactone (PCL) and Gelatin Polymeric Fibers / Shing Chee Lim ...[et al.]

Electrospinning is one of the commonly used polymeric fiber production technique, owing to its versatility and flexibility in spinning a wide range of polymers for various applications including tissue engineering. However, recent researches have been extensively focusing on exploring the electrospi...

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Main Authors: Shing, Chee Lim, Weily, Khoo, Ching, Theng Koh
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) 2017
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TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Mechanics applied to machinery. Dynamics
Mechanical movements
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spelling my.uitm.ir.391022020-12-16T08:06:45Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/39102/ Electrospinning of Polycaprolactone (PCL) and Gelatin Polymeric Fibers / Shing Chee Lim ...[et al.] Shing, Chee Lim Weily, Khoo Ching, Theng Koh TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Mechanics applied to machinery. Dynamics Mechanical movements Electrospinning is one of the commonly used polymeric fiber production technique, owing to its versatility and flexibility in spinning a wide range of polymers for various applications including tissue engineering. However, recent researches have been extensively focusing on exploring the electrospinnability of different polymers without fully realizing how the electrospinning parameters influence the electrospun fibrous structure, as the microstructure morphology will significantly affect the performance of electrospun membranes. The present work demonstrates the robustness of electrospinning technique in producing electrospun fibrous membranes with different microstructure morphology by altering the electrospinning parameters. Both PCL and gelatin solutions have been successfully transformed into electrospun fibrous membranes using an electrospinning machine. The PCL fibrous membranes consisted of beads and non-homogenous fibers while the gelatin membranes showed homogenous size of electrospun fibers. Results also revealed that the electrospinning parameters including solution and process parameters determined the microstructure morphology of electrospun membrane. The spindle-like beads in PCL membrane transformed into spherical size at higher solution concentration and applied voltage. Meanwhile, the gelatin membrane demonstrated similar morphology at different tip-collector distance. The size of gelatin fibers was also similar. Through this work, basic understanding on how the electrospinning parameters affect the morphology of different types of polymeric fibrous membrane can provide an insight for other researchers in facilitate production of electrospun membranes with desired microstructure morphology. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/39102/1/39102.pdf Shing, Chee Lim and Weily, Khoo and Ching, Theng Koh (2017) Electrospinning of Polycaprolactone (PCL) and Gelatin Polymeric Fibers / Shing Chee Lim ...[et al.]. Journal of Mechanical Engineering (JMechE), SI 4 (3). pp. 246-254. ISSN 18235514
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topic TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Mechanics applied to machinery. Dynamics
Mechanical movements
spellingShingle TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Mechanics applied to machinery. Dynamics
Mechanical movements
Shing, Chee Lim
Weily, Khoo
Ching, Theng Koh
Electrospinning of Polycaprolactone (PCL) and Gelatin Polymeric Fibers / Shing Chee Lim ...[et al.]
description Electrospinning is one of the commonly used polymeric fiber production technique, owing to its versatility and flexibility in spinning a wide range of polymers for various applications including tissue engineering. However, recent researches have been extensively focusing on exploring the electrospinnability of different polymers without fully realizing how the electrospinning parameters influence the electrospun fibrous structure, as the microstructure morphology will significantly affect the performance of electrospun membranes. The present work demonstrates the robustness of electrospinning technique in producing electrospun fibrous membranes with different microstructure morphology by altering the electrospinning parameters. Both PCL and gelatin solutions have been successfully transformed into electrospun fibrous membranes using an electrospinning machine. The PCL fibrous membranes consisted of beads and non-homogenous fibers while the gelatin membranes showed homogenous size of electrospun fibers. Results also revealed that the electrospinning parameters including solution and process parameters determined the microstructure morphology of electrospun membrane. The spindle-like beads in PCL membrane transformed into spherical size at higher solution concentration and applied voltage. Meanwhile, the gelatin membrane demonstrated similar morphology at different tip-collector distance. The size of gelatin fibers was also similar. Through this work, basic understanding on how the electrospinning parameters affect the morphology of different types of polymeric fibrous membrane can provide an insight for other researchers in facilitate production of electrospun membranes with desired microstructure morphology.
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author Shing, Chee Lim
Weily, Khoo
Ching, Theng Koh
author_facet Shing, Chee Lim
Weily, Khoo
Ching, Theng Koh
author_sort Shing, Chee Lim
title Electrospinning of Polycaprolactone (PCL) and Gelatin Polymeric Fibers / Shing Chee Lim ...[et al.]
title_short Electrospinning of Polycaprolactone (PCL) and Gelatin Polymeric Fibers / Shing Chee Lim ...[et al.]
title_full Electrospinning of Polycaprolactone (PCL) and Gelatin Polymeric Fibers / Shing Chee Lim ...[et al.]
title_fullStr Electrospinning of Polycaprolactone (PCL) and Gelatin Polymeric Fibers / Shing Chee Lim ...[et al.]
title_full_unstemmed Electrospinning of Polycaprolactone (PCL) and Gelatin Polymeric Fibers / Shing Chee Lim ...[et al.]
title_sort electrospinning of polycaprolactone (pcl) and gelatin polymeric fibers / shing chee lim ...[et al.]
publisher Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
publishDate 2017
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/39102/1/39102.pdf
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