Spontaneous extrusion of porous amphiphilic triblock copolymeric microfibers under microfluidic conditions

Polymer Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 100-102

  Marimuthu, Mohana ^a   Kim, Sanghyo ^a  

^a Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; AMPHIPHILICS; CAPROLACTONE; DRUG RELEASE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MICRO-FIBER; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROFIBERS; P-DIOXANONE; POROUS STRUCTURES; TRIBLOCK COPOLYMERS; TRIBLOCKS;

ADHESION; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CELL ADHESION; FLUIDIC DEVICES; HYDROPHILICITY; MICROFLUIDICS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 74049124885     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2009.301     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Rujitanaroj, P., Pimpha, N. & Supaphol, P. Wound-dressing materials with antibacterial activity from electrospun gelatin fiber mats containing silver nanoparticles. Polymer 49, 4723 (2008).
2. Pornsopone, V., Supaphol, P., Rangkupan, R. & Tantayanon, S. Electrospun methacrylate-based copolymer/lndomethacin fibers and their release characteristics of indomethacin. Polym Res. 14, 53 (2007).
3. Bahadur, R. K. C., Bhattarai, S. R., Aryal, S., Khil, M. S., Dharmaraj, N. & Kim, H. Y. Novel amphiphilic triblock copolymer based on PPDO, PCL, and PEG:Synthesis, characterization, and aqueous dispersion. Colloids Surf. A. 292, 69 (2007). (Pubitemid 44920362)
4. Hwang, C. M., Khademhosseini, A., Park, Y., Sun, K. & Lee, S. H. Microfluidic chip-based fabrication of PLGA microfiber scaffolds for tissue engineering. Langmuir 24, 6845 (2008).
5. Zarrin, F. & Dovichi, N. J. Sub-picoliter detection with the sheath flow cuvette. Anal. Chem. 57, 2690 (1985).
6. Qi, Z., Yu, H., Chen, Y. & Zhu, M. Highly porous fibers prepared by electrospinning a ternary system of nonsolvent/solvent/poly(l-lactic acid). Mater. Lett. 63, 415 (2009).