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Ordered, adherent layers of nanofibers enabled by supramolecular interactions

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: Aligned nanofibrous substrates can be created by electrospinning, but methods for creating multilamellar structures of aligned fibers are limited. Here, apposed nanofibrous scaffolds with pendant β-cyclodextrin (CD) were adhered together by adamantane (Ad) modified hyaluronic acid, exploiting the guest–host interactions of CD and Ad for macroscopic assembly. Stable user-defined multi-layered scaffolds were formed for cell culture or tissue engineering.

Source: Journal of Materials Chemistry B

DOI: 10.1039/c4tb00724g

Authors: Christopher B. Highley, Christopher B. Rodell, Iris L. Kim, Ryan J. Wade, Jason A. Burdick

Institution: University of Pennsylvania

Language: English

Topic: Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications

Subfield: Biomaterials

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green