Magnetic Halloysite Reinforced Biodegradable Nanofibres: New Challenge for Medical Applications

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Authors

KHUNOVÁ Viera PAVLIŇÁKOVÁ Veronika ŠKRÁTEK Martin ŠAFAŘÍK Ivo PAVLIŇÁK David

Year of publication 2018
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference AIP Conf. Proc. 1981, 020074-1–020074-4
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Faculty of Science

Citation
Web https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5045936
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5045936
Keywords Nanofibers; Electrospinning;Magnetic halloysite nanotubes;Polycaprolactone;Gelatine
Description The work explores preparation of new biocompatible magnetic halloysite nanotubes (MHNTs) reinforced polycaprolactone/gelatine nanofibres. MHNTs were prepared by mixing halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) with microwavesynthesized magnetic iron oxide particles suspension. Electrospun nanofibres comprising 8 wt % poly e-caprolactone (PCL) and 8 wt % gelatine (Gel) have been prepared by using eco-friendly solvent – acetic acid suitable for medical applications. The content of MHNT in PCL/Gel nanofibres was 6.0 and 9.0 wt %. SEM observations revealed that the addition of both, unmodified and magnetic halloysite, significantly affected the polymer mixture spinnability and fibre diameter; however the uniformity and homogeneity of nanofibres were much better in nanofibres with magnetic halloysite. In addition of improved structure, application of MHNTs to PCL/Gel nanofibres resulted in the formation of soft ferromagnetic materials with good response to magnetic field.
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