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Journal of Materials Chemistry

Design, fabrication and characterization of PCL electrospun scaffolds—a review

A. Cipitria,ab   A. Skelton,a   T. R. Dargaville,a   P. D. Daltonac  and  D. W. Hutmacher*ad  

* Corresponding authors

a Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, 60 Musk Avenue, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
E-mail: dietmar.hutmacher@qut.edu.au

b Julius Wolff Institute and Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany

c Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Huashan Lu 1954, Shanghai, China

d George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA

Abstract

The expanding interest in electrospinning fibers for bioengineering includes a significant use of polyesters, including poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL). This review summarizes literature on PCL and selected blends, and provides extensive descriptions of the broad range of parameters used in manufacturing such electrospun fibers. Furthermore the chemical, physical and biological approaches for characterizing the electrospun material are described and opinions offered on important information to include in future publications with this electrospun material.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0JM04502K
Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
23 Dec 2010
Accepted
16 Mar 2011
First published
04 May 2011

J. Mater. Chem., 2011,21, 9419-9453

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Design, fabrication and characterization of PCL electrospun scaffolds—a review

A. Cipitria, A. Skelton, T. R. Dargaville, P. D. Dalton and D. W. Hutmacher, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, 21, 9419 DOI: 10.1039/C0JM04502K

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