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Versatile Core-Sheath Biofibers using Coaxial Electrospinning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Daewoo Han ,
Steven T. Boyce  and
Andrew J. Steckl
Daewoo Han
Affiliation:
hand@email.uc.edu, University of Cincinnati, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 910 Rhodes Hall, ML30, Cincinnati, OH, 45246, United States, 513-556-1549, 513-556-7326
Steven T. Boyce
Affiliation:
boycest@uc.edu, University of Cincinnati, Department of Surgery, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, United States
Andrew J. Steckl
Affiliation:
a.steckl@uc.edu, University of Cincinnati, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cincinnati, OH, 45221, United States
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Abstract

We have investigated coaxial electrospinning to produce core-sheath fibers for tissue engineering. We have successfully produced core-sheath structured fibers of poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) and gelatin using the coaxial electrospinning technique. The core-sheath scaffold exhibits better mechanical properties compared to gelatin scaffold. We have characterized the resulting core and core-sheath fiber diameters and the scaffold porosity, etc.

Keywords

biomimetic (assembly)biomaterialelectrodeposition
Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1094: Symposium DD – From Biological Materials to Biomimetic Material Synthesis , 2008 , 1094-DD06-02
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2008

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