Electrospinning of Cisplatin-Loaded Cellulose Nanofibers for Cancer Drug Delivery
Document Type
Contribution to Book
Publication Date
11-14-2014
Publication Title
Proceedings of the International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
DOI
10.1115/IMECE2014-37182
ISBN
978-0-7918-4958-3
Abstract
Cellulosic nanofibers have been electrospun with an antitumor agent Cisplatin. Cellulose acetate (CA) and Cisplatin were co-electrospun using a coaxial electrospinning system. For the outer sheath, a solution of 7.5wt% CA in Acetone and DMAc (2:1) was used. The inner core consisted of Cisplatin dissolved in DMF at a concentration of 5mg/ml. Drug-loaded nanofibers from Cellulose pulp (2wt%) dissolved in NMMO. H2O were also produced. The solutions were electrospun in a high voltage electric field of 25–30 kV. Characterization of neat and drug-loaded nanofibers was performed using Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (EDS). The characterization studies have shown the formation of nanofibers having both sporadic beads with internal agglomeration and conjugation of Cisplatin on the nanofiber surfaces.
Recommended Citation
Absar, Saheem, Mujibur R. Khan, Kyle Edwards, David M. Calamas.
2014.
"Electrospinning of Cisplatin-Loaded Cellulose Nanofibers for Cancer Drug Delivery."
Proceedings of the International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition: 1-6 Montreal, Quebec, Canada: American Society for Mechanical Engineers.
doi: 10.1115/IMECE2014-37182 isbn: 978-0-7918-4958-3
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/mech-eng-facpubs/32
