Photocrosslinked electrospun chitosan-based biocompatible nanofibers.

Authors :: Jin, Yu
Yang, Dongzhi
Zhou, Yingshan
Ma, Guiping
Nie, Jun
Source :: Journal of Applied Polymer Science; Sep2008, Vol. 109 Issue 5, p3337-3343, 7p
Publication Year :: 2008
Abstract: The article discusses an experiment which investigated the photocrosslinking of electrospun fibers chitosan/polyvinyl alcohol (CS/PVA). Poly(ethyleneglycol)-600-dimethacrylate (PEGDMA) was used as the photocrosslinking agent while 2-hydroxy-1-[4-(2-hydroxyethoxy)phenyl]-2-methyl-1-propanone (HEPK) was used as photoinitiator. Increasing the content of PEGDMA/HEPK improved the water resistance and decreased the swelling ratio of the photocrosslinked nanofibers.