Tailored collector design for optimization of alignment of biomimetic nanofibers
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Authors
Mahakalkar, Kapil
Aphale, Ashish
Macwan, Isaac
Bhosale, Shrinivas
Zhang, Junjie
Patra, Prabir
Issue Date
2012
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Presentation
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Faculty research day
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Here we demonstrate a unique design of a collector for an Electrospining setup which produces scaffold with majority of aligned nanofibers. Previous researchers have shown that the scaffold with aligned nanofibers gives maximum cell proliferation and enhances cell adherence. Also, the geometry of collector influences the alignment of fibers. We develop custom integrated Electrospining setup, build in laboratory, to make scaffold with aligned nanofibers. We use SEM to characterize the structural and morphological aspects of scaffold thus produced.
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Poster 61