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    Coaxial and Emulsion Electrospinning of Extracted Hyaluronic Acid and Keratin Based Nanofibers for Wound Healing Applications
    (Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd, 2021) Su, Sena; Bedir, Tuba; Kalkandelen, Cevriye; Basar, Ahmet Ozan; Sasmazel, Hilal Turkoglu; Ustundag, Cem Bulent; Gunduz, Oguzhan
    Novel composites based on poly(epsilon-caprolactone)/polyethylene oxide loaded with hyaluronic acid(HA) and keratin(KR) were produced separately using emulsion and coaxial electrospinning methods. HA and KR were extracted from animal sources, characterized and loaded into coaxial fiber structures as bioactive agents, separately and together. Morphological, chemical, thermal, and mechanical characteristics of the fibers were investigated. According to the SEM results, diameters of smooth and beadless fibers fabricated via emulsion method were at nanoscale (sub-micron) while fibers of coaxial method were at micro scale. Benefitted electrospinning techniques demonstrated that hydrophobic and hydrophilic polymers can be advantageously combined. Core polymer specific FT-IR bands were not visible, their presence was proven with DSC analysis which confirms core-shell morphology of the fibers. In vitro studies exhibited spun mats did not have any cytotoxic effects and the HA and KR incorporated into the fiber structure synergistically increased cell viability and cell proliferation. This study demonstrated that the electrospun fibers containing HA and KR fabricated by both emulsion and coaxial methods can be efficient for wound healing applications.
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    Development of Core-Shell Coaxially Electrospun Composite Pcl/Chitosan Scaffolds
    (Elsevier, 2016) Surucu, Seda; Sasmazel, Hilal Turkoglu
    This study was related to combining of synthetic Poly (epsilon-caprolactone) (PCL) and natural chitosan polymers to develop three dimensional (3D) PCL/chitosan core-shell scaffolds for tissue engineering applications. The scaffolds were fabricated with coaxial electrospinning technique and the characterizations of the samples were done by thickness and contact angle (CA) measurements, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) analyses, mechanical and PBS absorption and shrinkage tests. The average inter-fiber diameter values were calculated for PCL (0.717 +/- 0.001 mu m), chitosan (0.660 +/- 0.007 mu m) and PCL/chitosan core-shell scaffolds (0.412 +/- 0.003 mu m), also the average inter-fiber pore size values exhibited decreases of 66.91% and 61.90% for the PCL and chitosan scaffolds respectively, compared to PCL/chitosan core-shell ones. XPS analysis of the PCL/chitosan core-shell structures exhibited the characteristic peaks of PCL and chitosan polymers. The cell culture studies (MTT assay, Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope (CLSM) and SEM analyses) carried out with L929 ATCC CCL-1 mouse fibroblast cell line proved that the biocompatibility performance of the scaffolds. The obtained results showed that the created micro/nano fibrous structure of the PCL/chitosan core-shell scaffolds in this study increased the cell viability and proliferation on/within scaffolds. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.