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Electrospinning of Modified Biopolymers for Medical Applications
Pavliňáková, Veronika ; Martinová,, Lenka (oponent) ; Zajíčková, Lenka (oponent) ; Vojtová, Lucy (vedoucí práce)
Proposed dissertation thesis is dedicated to the preparation and characterization of novel biocompatible nanofibers with both biological and medical potential applications. The main emphasis of this thesis was focused on the preparation of composite nanofibers respecting the principles of "green chemistry", meaning hard requirements of tissue engineering. The theoretical part summarizes knowledge about the electrospinning process and its parameters. The literature review also describes the electrospinning of proteins like collagen and gelatin, their blends with synthetic polymers and biopolymers as well as with inorganic fillers. One chapter deals with various kinds of crosslinking agents to improve nanofiber hydrolytic stability. The last chapter is aimed to halloysite inorganic nanotubes (HNT) gaining much attention for the use as drug carrier due to its remarkable physical (mechanical reinforcement) and biological (biocompatibility and low toxicity) properties. The experimental part is divided into two chapters, each of them examines issues of nanofibrous material preparation from different perspective. The first part is focused on novel hydrolytically stable antibacterial gelatin nanofibers modified with oxidized cellulose. The unique inhibitory effect of the nanofibers was examined by luminometric method using genetically modified Escherichia coli strain. Seeded adenocarcinoma lung cells proved good adhesion and proliferation. Second experimental part explores the effect of source and amount of natural tubular halloysite on the structure and properties of biocompatible amphiphilic nanofibers based on a polycaprolactone and gelatin. The addition of HNT improved the thermal stability, mechanical properties (both stiffness and elongation) and reduced the crystallinity of nanofibers. The HNT from different sources did not affect the cell behavior but slightly influenced the proliferation and viability of cells on nanofibers.
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The effect of organic and inorganic additives on the chemico-physical properties of biopolymer substrates for tissue engineering
Kohoutek, Martin ; Muchová, Johana (oponent) ; Brtníková, Jana (vedoucí práce)
This bachelor’s thesis deals with the preparation and characterization of composite collagenous scaffolds for possible applications in both bone and skin tissue engineering with an emphasis on their chemico-physical properties. In the theoretical part, the selected components for fabrication of the scaffolds are described and later were used to fabricate 3D porous composite scaffolds in the experimental part. Altogether, four different composite collagenous scaffold types and a reference pure collagen scaffold type were prepared using the freeze-drying fabrication technique. Two scaffold types were made by combining collagen with either oxidised cellulose (OC) or carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC). The other two types of scaffolds had the same biopolymeric origin enhanced with the addition of bioceramics based on the hydroxyapatite and tricalcium phosphates. The microstructure, porosity and pore size were assessed by the scanning electron microscopy. The highest porosity and pore size were achieved by the reference purely collagenous scaffolds, followed by the collagen composites with OC and CMC. Scaffolds with the content of bioceramics had the lowest porosity and pore size, especially those containing CMC. Swelling behaviour analysis and enzymatic degradation in vitro showed, that the hydrophilicity and mass loss in the degradation process correlate with each other. The scaffolds without bioceramics were more hydrophilic and achieved greater mass loss than the scaffolds containing bioceramics. The pure collagen was in the between the two groups. Scaffolds containing CMC achieved greater mass loss and hydrophilicity than their OC counterparts. In terms of mechanical properties, scaffolds with bioceramics achieved higher compressive strength in the wet state than the other three scaffold types. The mechanical properties were generally better for scaffolds with lower porosity and lower hydrophilicity.
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Electrospinning of Modified Biopolymers for Medical Applications
Pavliňáková, Veronika ; Martinová,, Lenka (oponent) ; Zajíčková, Lenka (oponent) ; Vojtová, Lucy (vedoucí práce)
Proposed dissertation thesis is dedicated to the preparation and characterization of novel biocompatible nanofibers with both biological and medical potential applications. The main emphasis of this thesis was focused on the preparation of composite nanofibers respecting the principles of "green chemistry", meaning hard requirements of tissue engineering. The theoretical part summarizes knowledge about the electrospinning process and its parameters. The literature review also describes the electrospinning of proteins like collagen and gelatin, their blends with synthetic polymers and biopolymers as well as with inorganic fillers. One chapter deals with various kinds of crosslinking agents to improve nanofiber hydrolytic stability. The last chapter is aimed to halloysite inorganic nanotubes (HNT) gaining much attention for the use as drug carrier due to its remarkable physical (mechanical reinforcement) and biological (biocompatibility and low toxicity) properties. The experimental part is divided into two chapters, each of them examines issues of nanofibrous material preparation from different perspective. The first part is focused on novel hydrolytically stable antibacterial gelatin nanofibers modified with oxidized cellulose. The unique inhibitory effect of the nanofibers was examined by luminometric method using genetically modified Escherichia coli strain. Seeded adenocarcinoma lung cells proved good adhesion and proliferation. Second experimental part explores the effect of source and amount of natural tubular halloysite on the structure and properties of biocompatible amphiphilic nanofibers based on a polycaprolactone and gelatin. The addition of HNT improved the thermal stability, mechanical properties (both stiffness and elongation) and reduced the crystallinity of nanofibers. The HNT from different sources did not affect the cell behavior but slightly influenced the proliferation and viability of cells on nanofibers.
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