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Cover Image, Volume 136, Issue 26
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.47833
Subject(s) - cover (algebra) , electrospinning , sintering , fiber , materials science , acetone , volume (thermodynamics) , computer science , nanotechnology , polymer science , polymer , chemical engineering , physics , chemistry , composite material , mechanical engineering , engineering , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics
This cover by John Lannutti and colleagues demonstrates electrospun 75:25 PCL:PET following 5s acetone exposure. The biomimetic “shish‐kebab” morphology is absent from pure PCL fibers following a similar acetone exposure, suggesting that the pattern of dissolution is strongly influenced by the presence of molecularly dispersed PET along the length of the fiber. Sintering of a tubular deposition of this composition at 100°C successfully produced a densified capsule that allowed for zero‐order drug release over a period of 8 days. The low temperature nature of the electrospinning process avoided copolymerization; DSC suggested a post‐sintering structure consisting of nanoscale PET dispersed in PCL following the original fiber direction. DOI: 10.1002/app.47731

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