Wheel spinning of fibres for wound-care applications
2022
Online
Hochschulschrift
Wet spinning has been developed as one of the most mature technologies in the textile industry. Recently, it draws increasing attention from academia, especially in fabricating fibres for various advanced materials. In this thesis, a novel 'wheel spinning set-up' based on wet spinning technology has been designed and developed. The key factor for the wheel spinning machine (WSM) is to utilize the fluid to draw and twist the fibre in situ, which enables fibre a higher mechanical performance and unique surface morphology. Wound is the issue that people often encounter in our daily life. The way to heal wounds timely and efficiently is the same goal for both patients and researchers. In the last decade, there are over 10,000 research reports regarding wound dressing development and design. However, little researches focus on the improvement of wound care and wound management. This thesis also discussed the development of wound-care dressing materials via the WSM. Firstly, a wheel-spun alginate fibre has been fabricated and demonstrated its higher mechanical performance. It has advantages over the traditional wound dressing, regarding the knitting structure of wound dressing that enables patients to have a more comfortable and efficient healing environment. Secondly, a wheel-spun alginate-silk fibroin composite fibre has been fabricated and provided a controllable vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) release ability for better healing of the actual wound. In conclusion, the wheel-spinning technique presented in this thesis provided an innovative and potential way to develop wound-care materials for an advanced wound healing process.
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Wheel spinning of fibres for wound-care applications
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Chen, Zhongda |
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Veröffentlichung: | 2022 |
Medientyp: | Hochschulschrift |
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