Cyclodextrin nanofibers by electrospinning
Date
2010
Authors
Advisor
Instructor
Source Title
Chemical Communications
Print ISSN
Electronic ISSN
1364-548X
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry
Volume
46
Issue
37
Pages
6903 - 6905
Language
English
Type
Article
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Abstract
We have demonstrated that cyclodextrin (CD) (a non-polymeric system) can be electrospun into nanofibers by itself; methylbeta-cyclodextrin (MbCD) nanofibers were electrospun and it was observed that the success of the electrospinning of the CD nanofibers strongly depends on (i) type of solvent, (ii) CD solution concentration and (iii) intermolecular interactions between the CD molecules.