Design, fabrication and characterization of PCL electrospun scaffolds—a review

A Cipitria, A Skelton, TR Dargaville… - Journal of Materials …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
The expanding interest in electrospinning fibers for bioengineering includes a significant
use of polyesters, including poly (ε-caprolactone)(PCL). This review summarizes literature …

Poly (∊-caprolactone) fiber: an overview

B Azimi, P Nourpanah, M Rabiee… - Journal of Engineered …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Poly (∊-caprolactone),(PCL) or simply polycaprolactone as it is usually referred to, is a
synthetic biodegradable aliphatic polyester which has attracted considerable attention in …

Tissue-engineered small diameter arterial vascular grafts from cell-free nanofiber PCL/chitosan scaffolds in a sheep model

T Fukunishi, CA Best, T Sugiura, T Shoji, T Yi… - PLoS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Tissue engineered vascular grafts (TEVGs) have the potential to overcome the issues faced
by existing small diameter prosthetic grafts by providing a biodegradable scaffold where the …

Electrospun PCL membranes incorporated with biosynthesized silver nanoparticles as antibacterial wound dressings

R Augustine, N Kalarikkal, S Thomas - Applied Nanoscience, 2016 - Springer
An open wound is highly prone to bacterial colonization and infection. Bacterial barrier
property is an important factor that determines the success of a wound coverage material …

[HTML][HTML] Electrohydrodynamic jet 3D-printed PCL/PAA conductive scaffolds with tunable biodegradability as nerve guide conduits (NGCs) for peripheral nerve injury …

S Vijayavenkataraman, S Thaharah, S Zhang, WF Lu… - Materials & Design, 2019 - Elsevier
NGCs are considered as an alternative treatment method for treating peripheral nerve
injuries in place of nerve autografts. Biomimicry, conductivity, and biodegradability are the …

Biocompatible and antimicrobial multilayer fibrous polymeric wound dressing with optimally embedded silver nanoparticles

N Sarviya, U Mahanta, A Dart, J Giri… - Applied Surface …, 2023 - Elsevier
The demand for advanced, biocompatible wound dressings with antibacterial properties is
increasing in order to treat people with severe skin wounds, such as burn victims or those …

pH-sensitive core-shell electrospun nanofibers based on polyvinyl alcohol/polycaprolactone as a potential drug delivery system for the chemotherapy against cervical …

E Yan, J Jiang, X Yang, L Fan, Y Wang, Q An… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract pH-sensitive polyvinyl alcohol/polycaprolactone (PVA/PCL) core-shell nanofibers
were successfully fabricated by coaxial electrospinning method, in which PVA and PCL …

Electrospun polycaprolactone (PCL) scaffolds embedded with europium hydroxide nanorods (EHNs) with enhanced vascularization and cell proliferation for tissue …

R Augustine, SK Nethi, N Kalarikkal… - Journal of Materials …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrospun polycaprolactone (PCL) tissue engineering scaffolds have been developed and
used for a wide range of tissue engineering applications, where successful incorporation …

Electrohydrodynamic jet 3D printed nerve guide conduits (NGCs) for peripheral nerve injury repair

S Vijayavenkataraman, S Zhang, S Thaharah, G Sriram… - Polymers, 2018 - mdpi.com
The prevalence of peripheral nerve injuries resulting in loss of motor function, sensory
function, or both, is on the rise. Artificial Nerve Guide Conduits (NGCs) are considered an …

Emulsion electrospinning of polycaprolactone: influence of surfactant type towards the scaffold properties

J Hu, MP Prabhakaran, X Ding… - Journal of Biomaterials …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Producing uniform nanofibers in high quality by electrospinning remains a huge challenge,
especially using low concentrated polymer solutions. However, emulsion electrospinning …