Fabrication and Intermolecular Interactions of Silk Fibroin/Hydroxybutyl Chitosan Blended Nanofibers
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College of Materials and Textile Engineering, Jiaxing University, Zhejiang 314001, China
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State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
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Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2011, 12(4), 2187-2199; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms12042187
Received: 15 February 2011 / Revised: 15 March 2011 / Accepted: 29 March 2011 / Published: 30 March 2011
(This article belongs to the Section Materials Science)
The native extracellular matrix (ECM) is composed of a cross-linked porous network of multifibril collagens and glycosaminoglycans. Nanofibrous scaffolds of silk fibroin (SF) and hydroxybutyl chitosan (HBC) blends were fabricated using 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol (HFIP) and trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) as solvents to biomimic the native ECM via electrospinning. Scanning electronic microscope (SEM) showed that relatively uniform nanofibers could be obtained when 12% SF was blended with 6% HBC at the weight ratio of 50:50. Meanwhile, the average nanofibrous diameter increased when the content of HBC in SF/HBC blends was raised from 20% to 100%. Fourier transform infrared spectra (FTIR) and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) showed SF and HBC molecules existed in hydrogen bonding interactions but HBC did not induce conformation of SF transforming from random coil form to β-sheet structure. X-ray diffraction (XRD) confirmed the different structure of SF/HBC blended nanofibers from both SF and HBC. Thermogravimetry-Differential thermogravimetry (TG-DTG) results demonstrated that the thermal stability of SF/HBC blend nanofibrous scaffolds was improved. The results indicated that the rearrangement of HBC and SF molecular chain formed a new structure due to stronger hydrogen bonding between SF and HBC. These electrospun SF/HBC blended nanofibers may provide an ideal tissue engineering scaffold and wound dressing.
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Keywords:
electrospinning; SF/HBC blends; nanofibrous scaffolds
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Zhang, K.-H.; Yu, Q.-Z.; Mo, X.-M. Fabrication and Intermolecular Interactions of Silk Fibroin/Hydroxybutyl Chitosan Blended Nanofibers. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2011, 12, 2187-2199. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms12042187
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Zhang K-H, Yu Q-Z, Mo X-M. Fabrication and Intermolecular Interactions of Silk Fibroin/Hydroxybutyl Chitosan Blended Nanofibers. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2011; 12(4):2187-2199. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms12042187
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhang, Kui-Hua; Yu, Qiao-Zhen; Mo, Xiu-Mei. 2011. "Fabrication and Intermolecular Interactions of Silk Fibroin/Hydroxybutyl Chitosan Blended Nanofibers" Int. J. Mol. Sci. 12, no. 4: 2187-2199. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms12042187
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