Characteristics of Plasma Treated Electrospun Polycaprolactone (PCL) Nanofiber Scaffold for Bone Tissue Engineering

J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2015 Jan;15(1):192-5. doi: 10.1166/jnn.2015.8372.

Abstract

Polycaprolactone (PCL) nanofibers (PCL-NF) with uniform fibrous structure were fabricated by electrospinning. However, PCL-NF has hydrophobic surface, lacks functional groups and hence it is not a good substrate for cell adhesion. To improve the cell adhesion, PCL-NF surfaces were modified by low pressure RF discharge plasma treatment using monomer such as acrylic acid or oxygen gas. The plasma treated PCL-NFs improved the wettability and cell proliferation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bone Substitutes / chemistry*
  • Cell Differentiation / drug effects
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Mice
  • Nanofibers / chemistry*
  • Osteoblasts / drug effects
  • Plasma Gases
  • Polyesters / chemistry*
  • Polyesters / pharmacology
  • Tissue Engineering / methods*
  • Tissue Scaffolds / chemistry*

Substances

  • Bone Substitutes
  • Plasma Gases
  • Polyesters
  • polycaprolactone