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PVA-Based Electrospun Materials-A Promising Route to Designing Nanofiber Mats with Desired Morphological Shape-A Review

  • Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Jan 30;25(3):1668. doi: 10.3390/ijms25031668.
Gizem Ceylan Türkoğlu 1 2,  Niloufar Khomarloo 2 3,  Elham Mohsenzadeh 2 3,  Dilyana Nikolaeva Gospodinova 4,  Margarita Neznakomova 5,  Fabien Salaün 2
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Affiliations

  • 1 Department of Textile Engineering, Dokuz Eylul University, İzmir 35397, Turkey.
  • 2 Univ. Lille, ENSAIT, ULR 2461-GEMTEX-Génie et Matériaux Textiles, F-59000 Lille, France.
  • 3 Univ. Lille, ENSAIT, ULR 2461-GEMTEX-Génie et Matériaux Textiles, Junia, F-59000 Lille, France.
  • 4 Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of Electrical Apparatus, Technical University of Sofia, 1156 Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • 5 Faculty of Industrial Technology, Department of Material Science and Technology of Materials, Technical University of Sofia, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria.
PMID: 38338946 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25031668
Abstract

Poly(vinyl alcohol) is one of the most attractive Polymers with a wide range of uses because of its water solubility, biocompatibility, low toxicity, good mechanical properties, and relatively low cost. This review article focuses on recent advances in poly(vinyl alcohol) electrospinning and summarizes parameters of the process (voltage, distance, flow rate, and collector), solution (molecular weight and concentration), and ambient (humidity and temperature) in order to comprehend the influence on the structural, mechanical, and chemical properties of poly(vinyl alcohol)-based electrospun matrices. The importance of poly(vinyl alcohol) electrospinning in biomedical applications is emphasized by exploring a literature review on biomedical applications including wound dressings, drug delivery, tissue engineering, and biosensors. The study also highlights a new promising area of particles formation through the electrospraying of poly(vinyl alcohol). The limitations and advantages of working with different poly(vinyl alcohol) matrices are reviewed, and some recommendations for the future are made to advance this field of study.

Keywords

biomedical applications; electrospinning; electrospun mats; fiber morphology; nanofiber; poly(vinyl alcohol).

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