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Abstract
Functional nanofibrous scaffolds produced by electrospinning have great potential in many biomedical applications, such as tissue engineering,
wound dressing, enzyme immobilization and drug (gene) delivery. For a specific successful application, the chemical, physical and biological
properties of electrospun scaffolds should be adjusted to match the environment by using a combination of multi-component compositions and
fabrication techniques where electrospinning has often become a pivotal tool. The property of the nanofibrous scaffold can be further improved
with innovative development in electrospinning processes, such as two-component electrospinning and in-situ mixing electrospinning. Post
modifications of electrospun membranes also provide effective means to render the electrospun scaffolds with controlled anisotropy and porosity.
In this article, we review the materials, techniques and post modification methods to functionalize electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds suitable for
biomedical applications.
2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Electrospinning; Nanofiber; Scaffold; Biomedical applications; Copolymers; Mixtures; Modifications
Contents
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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rational design of polymeric materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.1. Homopolymers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.1.1. Natural polymers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.1.2. Synthetic polymers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.2. Synthetic copolymers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.3. Polymer mixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.3.1. Blends of natural polymers . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.3.2. Blends of natural and synthetic polymers . . . . .
2.3.3. Synthetic polymer blends based on PLGA . . . .
2.3.4. Synthetic polymer blends containing PEO/PEG .
2.3.5. Other multi-component polymer systems . . . . .
New innovations in electrospinning for biomedical applications
3.1. Scaffolds with oriented fiber alignment . . . . . . . . . .
3.2. Multilayer electrospinning and mixing electrospinning . .
3.3. Fabrication of dual-porosity scaffolds . . . . . . . . . . .
3.4. Two-phase electrospinning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Corresponding authors. Hsiao is to be contacted at Tel.: +1 631 632 7793; fax: +1 631 632 6518. Chu, Tel.: +1 631 632 7928; fax: +1 631 632 6518.
E-mail addresses: bhsiao@notes.cc.sunysb.edu (B.S. Hsiao), bchu@notes.cc.sunysb.edu (B. Chu).
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Current address: College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
0169-409X/$ - see front matter 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
doi:10.1016/j.addr.2007.04.021
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1. Introduction
Electrospinning is a unique technology that can produce
non-woven fibrous articles with fiber diameters ranging from
tens of nanometers to microns, a size range that is otherwise
difficult to access by conventional non-woven fiber fabrication
techniques [1,2]. Electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds possess an
extremely high surface-to-volume ratio, tunable porosity, and
malleability to conform over a wide variety of sizes and shapes.
In addition, the scaffold composition can be controlled to
achieve desired properties and functionality. Due to these
advantages, electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds have been
widely investigated in the past several years with materials of
different compositions [310] for applications of varying enduses, such as filtration [1113], optical and chemical sensors
[1419], electrode materials [2023], and biological scaffolds
[2427].
For small-scale productions (i.e., on a laboratory scale),
electrospinning is a simple method to generate nanoscale fibers.
A basic electrospinning system usually consists of three major
components: a high voltage power supply, a spinneret (e.g. a
pipette tip) and a grounded collecting plate (usually a metal
screen, plate, or rotating mandrel). When a charged polymer
solution is fed through the spinneret under an external electric
field, a suspended conical droplet is formed, whereby the
surface tension of the droplet is in equilibrium with the electric
field. When the applied electric field is strong enough to
overcome the surface tension, a tiny jet is ejected from the
surface of the droplet and drawn toward the collecting plate.
During the jet propagation toward the collecting plate, the
solvent in the jet stream gradually evaporates. The resulting
product is a non-woven fibrous scaffold with a large surface
area-to-volume ratio and a small pore size (in microns). The
fiber thickness and morphology can be controlled by many
parameters, such as solution properties (viscosity, elasticity,
conductivity and surface tension), electric field strength,
distance between the spinneret and the collecting plate,
temperature and humidity. These parameters have been well
studied and summarized in a recent review [28]. With very
small fiber diameters, the yield per spinneret of the electrospinning process is extremely low. Recently, multi-jet electrospinning [29,30] and blowing-assisted electrospinning
technology [3032] have been developed, demonstrating the
production capability for fabricating nanofibrous articles on an
industrially relevant scale.
The usage of electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds for biomedical
applications has attracted a great deal of attention in the past
several years. For examples, nanofibrous scaffolds have been
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Fig. 1. Field-emission scanning electron microscopic images of lecithin fibers prepared at different solution concentrations (from below to above the critical
concentration for entanglement). (From Ref. [77] with permission).
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Table 1
Biodegradable polymers for biomedical applications
Polymer name Melting point Glass transition Modulus Degradation time
(C)
temperature(C) (Gpa)a
(Month)b
PGA
L-PLA
D,L-PLA
PCL
PDO
85/15 PLGA
75/25 PLGA
65/35 PLGA
50/50 PLGA
225230
173178
Amorphous
5863
N/A
Amorphous
Amorphous
Amorphous
Amorphous
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6065
5560
( 65) ( 60)
(10) 0
5055
5055
4550
4550
7.0
2.7
1.9
0.4
1.5
2.4
2.0
2.0
2.0
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N24
12 to 16
N24
6 to 12
5 to 6
4 to 5
3 to 4
1 to 2
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regular casting film with the same dimensions and composition, mainly due to the high surface area-to-volume ratio and
the high water adsorption ability (both decrease the induction
time during hydrolysis) [41]. Recently, Laurencin et al. have
studied the potential use of PLGA nanofibrous scaffolds as an
antibiotic delivery vehicle for the treatment of wounds [44].
They demonstrated that PLGA nanofibers could be tailored to
desired diameters through modifications in processing parameters, such as orifice diameter (needle gauge), polymer
solution concentration and voltage per unit length, where the
antibiotic drugs, such as cefazolin, could be incorporated into
the nanofibers.
Fig. 2. Electrospun scaffolds from 5 wt.% total concentration of mixtures with PEO to casein ratio at (a) 100:0, (b) 80:20, (c) 50:50, (d) 20:80, (e) 5:95, and (f) 20:80 at
10% concentration. (From Ref. [108] with permission).
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of polymer/lipase scaffolds using a dialdehyde could significantly improve the water stability. The pH level of the reaction
media during crosslinking was found to play an important role
in the activity of the immobilized lipase [34].
Zhang et al. [109] mixed 10% w/v gelatin with 10% w/v PCL
in 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol (TFE) at a ratio of 50:50 to produce a
gelatin/PCL nanofibrous scaffold by electrospinning. The
scaffold showed enhanced mechanical properties and more
favorable wetability than those obtained from either PCL or
gelatin scaffolds alone. Bone-marrow stromal cells (BMSC)
were found to attach and grow well on the surface of the blend
nanofibrous scaffold. In addition, BMSCs were found to be able
to migrate inside the scaffold up to a depth of 114 m within
1 week of culture, suggesting the potential use of composite
gelatin/PCL fibrous scaffolds for preparation of the threedimensional tissue construct.
The mixture of heparin and PEG was also electrospun to
prepare nanofibrous scaffolds [110]. The presence of PEG in the
electrospun scaffolds prolonged the release of heparin, which
could closely match the time scale needed for use in wound
dressings. The composition of the scaffold is also suitable for
drug delivery. It is evident that the mixtures of type I collagen
and PEO can provide a convenient, non-toxic and nondenaturing way to generate collagen-containing nanofibrous
scaffolds that may have good potential in biomedical applications [111]. A blend of wool keratin and PEO in aqueous
solutions was also fabricated into nanofibers in a similar fashion
[112].
Electrospinning of synthetic polymers followed by the
coating of natural material has also been demonstrated as a
practical approach to yield desired functional features. For
example, He et al fabricated the collagen-coated poly(L-lactic
acid)-co-poly(-caprolactone) (P(LLA-CL) 70:30) scaffold
with a porosity of 64-67% and a fiber diameter of 470 nm by
electrospinning followed by plasma treatment and collagen
coating [113]. The coating of collagen was found to improve the
biocompatibility of the scaffold, thus enhancing the spreading,
viability and attachment of the human coronary artery
endothelial cells and preserving the cells' phenotype [113] in
the scaffold. The properties of the electrospun collagen-coated
poly(L-lactic acid)-co-poly(-caprolactone) scaffold are quite
suitable for engineered vascular graft.
2.3.3. Synthetic polymer blends based on PLGA
Blends of synthetic polymers have been routinely used in
electrospinning to produce new scaffolding materials. As PLGA
has been widely used in biomedical applications from sutures,
medical devices to tissue regeneration, its mixtures with other
synthetic polymers are reviewed here. By mixing PLGA with
another polymer material, the physical properties of PLGA,
such as hydrophobicity, degradation rate, shrinkage behavior in
body fluids and mechanical modulus, can be altered to specific
biomedical applications, such as carriers for drugs or DNA with
controlled-release capability.
2.3.3.1. PLGA with dextran. PLGA is a hydrophobic polymer
while dextran is a hydrophilic polymer that is highly soluble in
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2.3.3.4. PLGA with other polymers. Many other biocompatible and biodegradable polymers have been mixed together with
PLGA based polymers to form nanofibrous scaffolds by
electrospinning. For example, mixtures of PLA with poly
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Fig. 4. Bioactivity of released DNA in the transfection of MC3T3 cells. (a) Naked DNA added directly to cell medium, (b) cells transfected with control DNA complex
(Fugene 6), (c) DNA containing scaffold incubated with cell for 4 h, then removed, (d) released DNA from scaffold complexed with Fugene 6. Scale bar 100 m.
(From Ref. [47] with permission).
(vinylpyrrolidone) [116], and of PLA with poly(ethylene-covinylacetate) [117] were fabricated into nanofibrous scaffolds
by electrospinning for biomedical applications.
2.3.4. Synthetic polymer blends containing PEO/PEG
Poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) or poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG,
when the molecular weight is small, say less than 5000 Da) is a
unique polyether diol, which is amphiphilic and can be
dissolved in both organic solvents and aqueous solutions,
including pure water. PEO/PEG is non-toxic and can be
eliminated by renal and hepatic pathways, making it suitable for
many biomedical applications. Thus far, PEO/PEG has been
used as the electrospun scaffold mainly for two reasons: (1) to
improve the fiber property and functions (e.g. hydrophilicity),
and (2) to facilitate electrospinning of other more difficult to
process biomaterials as a processing aid. For example, in first
applications, PEG has been incorporated in the electrospun
scaffolds in the form of copolymers, such as PEG-g-CHN [43]
and PEG-PLA [45,118] described earlier. Duan et al. [50]
fabricated nanofibrous scaffolds by co-electrospinning mixtures
of chitosan and PEO in aqueous solutions containing 2 wt.%
acetic acid. With the PEO/chitosan mass ratio of 2:1 or 1:1, fine
fibers with two diameter distributions (the diameter ranged from
80 nm to 180 nm) were obtained from solutions of 46 wt.%
chitosan/PEO concentrations. They found that thick and thin
fibers were formed mainly by PEO and chitosan, respectively
[50]. Spasova et al. [119] applied electrospun chitosan/PEO
scaffolds for delivery of potassium 5-nitro-8-quinolinolate
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Fig. 6. (a) SEM images of cardiac myocytes cultured on uniaxially stretched aligned PLLA electrospun scaffolds, (b) corresponding confocal micrograph of (a);
(c) electrical response of cardiac myocytes on electrospun scaffolds (action potentials were measured using a voltage-sensitive dye di-8-ANEPPS and a micro scale
optical recording system). (From Ref. [133] with permission).
muscle cells (SMCs) attached and migrated along the axis of the
aligned nanofibers and expressed a spindle-like contractile
phenotype. Fig. 5 illustrates that the distribution and organization of smooth muscle cytoskeleton proteins inside SMCs were
parallel to the direction of nanofibers. They also found that the
adhesion and proliferation rate of SMCs on the aligned
nanofibrous scaffold was significantly improved when compared with those on solid polymer films [100].
Our group has investigated the structural and functional
effects of oriented electrospun scaffolds on the growth of
cardiac myocytes (CM) [133]. The orientation was achieved by
using a post-drawing process after electrospinning. Scanning
electron microscopy (SEM) revealed that the fine fiber
architecture of the non-woven matrix allowed the cardiomyocytes to make extensive use of provided external cues for
isotropic or anisotropic (oriented) growth, and to some extent to
crawl inside and pull on fibers (Fig. 6a). Structural analysis by
confocal microscopy indicated that CM had a preference for
relatively hydrophobic surfaces (Fig. 6b). Cardiac myocytes on
electrospun poly(L-lactide) (PLLA) scaffolds developed mature
contractile machinery (sarcomeres). Functionality (excitability)
of the engineered constructs was confirmed by optical imaging
of electrical activity using voltage-sensitive dyes (Fig. 6c). The
study clearly indicates that engineered cardiac tissue structure
and function could be modulated by the chemistry and geometry
of the provided nano- and micro-textured surfaces.
3.2. Multilayer electrospinning and mixing electrospinning
Recently, Kidoaki et al. [134] demonstrated two novel electrospinning techniques: (1) multilayer electrospinning and (2) mixing
electrospinning (Fig. 7), to fabricate composite scaffolds containing different polymers. In multilayer electrospinning, each
polymer was electrospun to form its individual layer and was
sequentially collected on the same target collector. As shown in
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Fig. 7. Schematic diagram of (a) multilayer electrospinning and (b) mixing electrospinning. (From Ref. [134] with permission).
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Fig. 10. A setup used to generate core-shelled structure by electrospinning. (From Ref. [138] with permission).
shelled fiber [140]. Besides proteins, the shell has the ability to
protect even living cells. Recently, Townsend-Nicholson and
Jayasinghe [141] demonstrated that, with poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) forming the shell, the cell suspension inside the
core suffered almost no cellular damage during the fabrication
process. Fig. 11 shows the fluorescent micrographs of coreshelled fibers obtained at two different flow rates. Obviously,
the Rhodamine 6G labeled cells, which are red in color under
the microscope, were safely encapsulated by PDMS after
electrospinning [141].
Fig. 11. Characteristic fluorescent micrographs showing the variation in fiber diameter that results from cell encapsulation. Flow rate conditions: (a) cell suspension,
10 12 m3/s, polymer solution, 10 11 m3/s; (b) cell suspension, 10 8 m3/s, polymer solution 10 7 m3/s. (From Ref. [141] with permission).
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Fig. 12. A setup of blowing-assisted electrospinning device that can process materials usually difficult to be electrospun. (From Ref. [32] with permission).
Fig. 13. Surface modification scheme for galactose conjugation to PCLPEEP nanofiber mesh and spin-cast film. (From Ref. [142] with permission).
the process. (4) The fiber diameter, which is one of the key
factors to control the physical properties of nanofibrous
membranes, can be tailored by controlling the air temperature
and the air flow rate. With these advantages, it is expected that
many useful polymers, which could not be electro-spun until
now, can be processed by using the new electro-blowing approach. Furthermore, the electro-blowing process shall significantly increase the production rate and thus can lead to practical
mass production schemes.
4. Modifications of post-electrospun scaffolds
Although the combined use of different polymer preparation
schemes (e.g. copolymers and mixtures) and innovative
electrospinning techniques can significantly improve physical
and biological properties of nanofibrous scaffolds, further
modifications on the surface of electrospun nanofibers are often
needed in order to refine their in vivo or clinical usage. In other
words, surface modifications of electrospun scaffolds with
suitable bioactive molecules are often essential to render the
materials with more desirable biological features for biomedical
applications.
Chua et al. [142] reported an approach to modify the poly
(-caprolactone-co-ethyl ethane phosphate) (PCLEEP) nanofiber
surface by grafting a hepatocyte-specified galactose ligand for
hepatocyte culture. Fig. 13 schematically shows the surface
modification procedure. In brief, electrospun PCLEEP nanofibers, having an average diameter of about 760 nm, were first
cleaned by ethanol and grafted with poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) by
photo-induced polymerization. 1-O-(6-aminohexyl)-D-galactopyranoside (AHG) and then conjugated to PAA chains in a
sodium phosphate buffer containing N-hydroxysulfosuccinimide
(NHS) and 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide
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Fig. 14. SEM images of hepatocytes after 8 days of culture: (ac) hepatocytes cultured on galactosylated spin-cast film formed around spheroids; (df) in contrast,
hepatocytes cultured on galactosylated electrospun scaffold showed aggregates engulfed the functional nanofibers. (From Ref. [142] with permission).
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Acknowledgment
Financial support of this work was provided by a National
Institutes of Health-SBIR grant (GM63283-03), administered
by Stonybrook Technology and Applied Research, Inc, the
National Science Foundation (DMR 0454887), and Clemson
University and UC, Berkeley for subcontracts to their NIH
grants. The assistance of Dr. Dufei Fang in the preparation of
this review is gratefully acknowledged.
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