Functional Reactive Polymer Electrospun Matrix

Abstract

Synthetic multifunctional electrospun composites are a new class of hybrid materials with many potential applications. However, the lack of an efficient, reactive large-area substrate has been one of the major limitations in the development of these materials as advanced functional platforms. Herein, we demonstrate the utility of electrospun poly(glycidyl methacrylate) films as a highly versatile platform for the development of functional nanostructured materials anchored to a surface. The utility of this platform as a reactive substrate is demonstrated by grafting poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) to incorporate stimuli-responsive properties. Additionally, we demonstrate that functional nanocomposites can be fabricated using this platform with properties for sensing, fluorescence imaging, and magneto-responsiveness.

Coupled stochastic simulation of the chain length and particle size distribution in miniemulsion radical copolymerization of styrene and N-vinylcaprolactam

“…[3][4][5] As such these polymers display a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) in water around body temperature, which implies that below this temperature they are water soluble and above that temperature phase segregation takes place. [6][7][8] After crosslinking such polymers, the formed nanogels display a volume phase transition temperature (VPTT), i.e. the nanogels collapse upon switching the temperature from below to above VPTT, allowing the release of an active ingredient.…”

Magnetic mesoporous bioactive glass for synergetic use in bone regeneration, hyperthermia treatment, and controlled drug delivery

“…This value if helpful as it causes repulsion and longterm stability. [40][41][42] The hyperthermia graph is plotted between time and temperature as shown in Fig. 6(b).…”

Antimicrobial Effect of Electrospun Nanofibers Loaded with Silver Nanoparticles: Influence of Ag Incorporation Method

“…Electrospun nanofibers are synthesized by the electrospinning technique, which allows the generation of ultrafine fibers using natural or synthetic biomaterials [7][8][9]. These three-dimensional scaffolds are produced in a 10-1000 nm diameter's range [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]. Nanofiber's properties such as nanometric thickness, controllable porosity, and high surface contact area [7,8] allow the potential applications in tissue engineering [19,20], drug delivery systems [21][22][23][24], biosensor fabrication [25,26], energy storage [27], solar cells [28], water filtration [29,30], catalysis [31,32], and sensing [33,34], among other uses.…”