Thermally drawn polycaprolactone fibres with customised cross sections

Syamak Farajikhah*, Ivan D. Rukhlenko, Alessio Stefani, Maryanne Large, Wojciech Chrzanowski, Simon Fleming

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    Abstract

    There is growing demand for biodegradable polymer fibres in tissue engineering and nerve regeneration. We demonstrate a scalable and inexpensive fabrication technique to produce polycaproactone (PCL) fibres using fibredrawing technique. Here we report on the first successful drawing of hollow-core and solid-core PCL fibres of different cross sections. The demonstrated capacity to tailor the surface morphology of PCL fibres, together with their biodegradability and tissue compatibility, makes them a unique material base for tissue engineering and nerve regeneration applications.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of SPIE
    EditorsArnan Mitchell, Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop
    Number of pages2
    Volume11200
    PublisherSPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering
    Publication date1 Jan 2019
    Article number1120039
    ISBN (Electronic)9781510631403
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2019
    EventAustralian Conference on Optics, Lasers, and Spectroscopy 2019 - Melbourne, Australia
    Duration: 8 Dec 201912 Dec 2019

    Conference

    ConferenceAustralian Conference on Optics, Lasers, and Spectroscopy 2019
    Country/TerritoryAustralia
    CityMelbourne
    Period08/12/201912/12/2019
    SponsorSPIE
    SeriesProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
    Volume11200
    ISSN0277-786X

    Keywords

    • Biodegradable fibres
    • Polycaprolactone
    • Polymer fibres
    • Thermally drawn fibres

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