title: Electrospinning of collagen nanofiber scaffolds from benign solvents.
abstract: Nanofiber scaffolds of collagen have been fabricated via electrospinning using benign solvent systems as a replacement for 1,1,1,3,3,3 hexafluoro-2-propanol. Simple binary mixtures of phosphate-buffered saline and ethanol have been found to be highly effective for electrospinning. FTIR spectra suggest that the triple helical structure of collagen was conserved after dissolution and electrospinning. Crosslinking of the electrospun collagen scaffolds was achieved with standard methods.
authors.affiliation: Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Arnoult
authors.forename: Meghan E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Gary E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Wnek