TY - GEN
T1 - Magnesium incorporated polycaprolactone-based composite nanofibers
AU - Rijal, Nava P.
AU - Adhikari, Udhab
AU - Bhattarai, Narayan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2015 by ASME.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Recent advances in developing composite nanofibers are of great interest for scientific community due to their wide range of potential applications in biomedical engineering such as drug delivery, wound healing, tissue engineering and implant coatings. Here, we present a fabrication of Mg incorporated polycaprolactone/low molecular weight chitosan (PCL/LMWCS) composite nanofiber via an electrospinning technique. PCL, a synthetic polymer, has good mechanical properties, whereas, chitosan, a natural polymer, has good bio-functional properties and good cell adhesion properties. Furthermore, magnesium is the second most abundant intracellular cation in the body and is important to metabolism. These nanofibers were characterized by using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), ImageJ, and Instron Universal Testing Machine.
AB - Recent advances in developing composite nanofibers are of great interest for scientific community due to their wide range of potential applications in biomedical engineering such as drug delivery, wound healing, tissue engineering and implant coatings. Here, we present a fabrication of Mg incorporated polycaprolactone/low molecular weight chitosan (PCL/LMWCS) composite nanofiber via an electrospinning technique. PCL, a synthetic polymer, has good mechanical properties, whereas, chitosan, a natural polymer, has good bio-functional properties and good cell adhesion properties. Furthermore, magnesium is the second most abundant intracellular cation in the body and is important to metabolism. These nanofibers were characterized by using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), ImageJ, and Instron Universal Testing Machine.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84982902983
U2 - 10.1115/IMECE2015-53090
DO - 10.1115/IMECE2015-53090
M3 - Conference contribution
T3 - ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)
BT - Emerging Technologies; Safety Engineering and Risk Analysis; Materials
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
T2 - ASME 2015 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2015
Y2 - 13 November 2015 through 19 November 2015
ER -