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Recently, natural polymers are frequently comingled with synthetic polymers either by physical or chemical modification to prepare numerous tissue-engineered graft with promising biological function, strength, and stability. The aim of this study was to determine the efficiency for vascular tissue engineering of two distinctly different mats, one that comprised polycaprolactone-polyethylene glycol methyl ether and other that comprised polycaprolactone-chitosan. Nano/microfibrous mats prepared from electro-spinning were characterized for fiber diameter, porosity, wettability, and mechanical strength. Biological efficacy on both biodegradable mats was assessed by rat bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells, and polycaprolactone-polyethylene glycol methyl ether showed feasibility for use as an inner layer by inducing endothelial-specific gene expression and polycaprolactone-chitosan as an outer layer on dual layered without sacrificing tensile strength, small-diameter blood vessels. Therefore, scaffolds fabricated from this research could be potential sources for tissue-engineered vascular graft and could also overcome the well-known drawbacks, such as thrombogenicity and stenosis, in managing vascular disease.

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A sulfonated magnetic graphene oxide (SMGO) hybrid was successfully synthesized via the nucleophilic substitution reaction and characterized. The removal of chromate by SMGO was investigated. The effects of contact time, initial pH of the solution, and initial chromate concentration on the removal efficiency were investigated. The optimal experimental conditions for enhanced chromate removal were found to be a contact time of 60 min at an initial solution pH of 3. The observed data were fitted with Lagergren pseudo-second-order kinetic model, indicating that chromate adsorption on SMGO was a chemical interaction in nature. The Langmuir model was also used to describe the adsorption processes and the adsorption capacity was found to be 222.22 mg g À1. Thermodynamic studies (DG < 0, DH > 0, DS > 0) revealed that the adsorption process was exothermic and spontaneous. SMGO has potential to be applied several times after desorption in wastewater treatment.

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