PLA composites: From production to properties

M Murariu, P Dubois - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Poly (lactic acid) or polylactide (PLA), a biodegradable polyester produced from renewable
resources, is used for various applications (biomedical, packaging, textile fibers and …

Latest progress in electrospun nanofibers for wound healing applications

A Memic, T Abdullah, HS Mohammed… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Electrospinning is a versatile technique used to create native tissue-like fibrous scaffolds.
Recently, it has gained a large amount of attention for generation of bioactive dressing …

Biopolymer-based biomaterials for accelerated diabetic wound healing: A critical review

SA Shah, M Sohail, S Khan, MU Minhas… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Non-healing, chronic wounds place a huge burden on healthcare systems as well as
individual patients. These chronic wounds especially diabetic wounds will ultimately lead to …

Asymmetric membranes as ideal wound dressings: An overview on production methods, structure, properties and performance relationship

PI Morgado, A Aguiar-Ricardo, IJ Correia - Journal of Membrane Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Healing a wound is a process that comprises sequential steps aimed to restore the structure
and function of damaged cells and tissues. Since the antiquity, to promote an effective …

[HTML][HTML] On the use of PLA-PHB blends for sustainable food packaging applications

MP Arrieta, MD Samper, M Aldas, J López - Materials, 2017 - mdpi.com
Poly (lactic acid)(PLA) is the most used biopolymer for food packaging applications. Several
strategies have been made to improve PLA properties for extending its applications in the …

Development of flexible materials based on plasticized electrospun PLA–PHB blends: Structural, thermal, mechanical and disintegration properties

MP Arrieta, J López, D López, JM Kenny… - European Polymer …, 2015 - Elsevier
In this work flexible PLA–PHB electrospun materials were developed by means of
electrospinning technique. The processing parameters to obtain PLA–PHB electrospun …

Electrospun polymers: Using devices to enhance their potential for biomedical applications

Y Mao, W Shen, S Wu, X Ge, F Ao, Y Ning… - Reactive and Functional …, 2023 - Elsevier
Polymers have made a significant contribution to the development of biomedicine.
Electrospinning technology is widely used to prepare nanofibers of polymers for biomedical …

[HTML][HTML] Electrospun antimicrobial polylactic acid/tea polyphenol nanofibers for food-packaging applications

Y Liu, X Liang, S Wang, W Qin, Q Zhang - Polymers, 2018 - mdpi.com
The development of new bioactive food-packaging materials that extend the shelf life of food
is an important objective. Herein, we report the fabrication of four polylactic acid/tea …

Electrospun curcumin-loaded cellulose acetate/polyvinylpyrrolidone fibrous materials with complex architecture and antibacterial activity

PB Tsekova, MG Spasova, NE Manolova… - Materials Science and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Novel fibrous materials from cellulose acetate (CA) and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP)
containing curcumin (Curc) with original design were prepared by one-pot electrospinning …

The effect of collection substrate on electrospun ciprofloxacin-loaded poly (vinylpyrrolidone) and ethyl cellulose nanofibers as potential wound dressing materials

H Li, Z Zhang, VU Godakanda, YJ Chiu… - Materials Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, nanofibers based on hydrophilic poly (vinylpyrrolidone)(PVP) and hydrophobic
ethyl cellulose (EC) were generated via electrospinning. A model antibiotic, ciprofloxacin …