This work provides a convenient strategy for preparation of conducting polycaprolactone (PCL)/polyaniline (PAni) nanofibers, useful development optoelectronic sensors and devices. PCL/PAni nanofibers were obtained by electrospinning technique characterized SEM, FTIR, thermal analysis, DC electrical conductivity. The influence the experimental conditions in process, such as applied voltage, on n...

Ultraviolet and heat-curable polyurethane acrylate prepolymers were synthesized from 4,4’-diphenyl methane diisocyanate, polyethylene adipate diol, polyhexamethylene carbonate diol, polycaprolactone diol and 1,6hexamethylene diamine , acrylic acid. Effects of nature of the soft segments on the physical properties were investigated. It was found that the thermal stability increased from polycarb...

Objective(s): Fabrication of scaffolds with improved mechanical properties and favorable cellular compatibility is crucial for many tissue engineering applications. This study was aimed to improve mechanical and biological properties of polycaprolactone (PCL), which is a common biocompatible and biodegradable synthetic polymer in tissue engineering. Nanofibrillated chitosan (NC) was used as a n...

Green Polyvinyl Alcohol Interfacial crosslinking of green polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and polycaprolactone (PCL) bilayer dielectric provides a barrier to moisture improves single walled carbon nanotube-based device performance. Benoit Lessard co-workers report functionalized PCL which crosslinks with the hydroxy groups PVA layer through simple heat treatment, providing candidate material for high p...

The following manuscript presents the first attempt to fabricate and characterise electrospun polycaprolactone/poly(succinimide) composite meshes. While each material has its own advantages, a mesh could provide further options in wide diverse application spectrum of fibrous membranes. Polycaprolactone is well-known polymer with excellent mechanical properties resistance against most chemicals....

Electroconductive scaffolds can be a promising approach to repair conductive tissues when natural healing fails. Recently, nerve tissue engineering constructs have been widely investigated due the challenges in creating structure with optimized physiochemical and mechanical properties close native tissue. The goal of current study was fabricate graphene-containing polycaprolactone/gelatin/polyp...

We report a facile and general strategy for enhancing the photostability of organic fluorophores for bioimaging applications. As a proof of concept, bright and robust fluorescence was observed in solid states of a well-defined synthetic polymer polycaprolactone consisting of di(thiophene-2-yl)-diketopyrrolopyrrole covalently linked in the middle of the polymer chain as a biocompatible and biore...

Ordinarily, the electrospinning process generates one-dimensional fibers which assemble into nonwoven membrane structures due to instabilities in the fluid jet. In this paper, an electrospinning procedure is developed that utilizes patterned collectors to produce aligned membranes with designed topological structures. The template-assisted electrospinning approach is demonstrated using polycapr...

Dense CO2 can be used as an environmentally-benign polymer processing medium because of its liquid-like densities and gas-like mass transfer properties.In this work, polymer bio-blends of polycarbonate (PC), a biocompatible polymer, and polycaprolactone (PCL), a biodegradable polymer were prepared. Dense CO2 was used as a reaction medium for the melt-phase PC polymerization in the presence of d...

Glycopolymers with mannose units were readily prepared by click chemistry of an azido mannopyranoside derivative and a poly(propargyl acrylate-co-N-vinyl pyrrolidone). These glycopolymers were used as polymer surfactants, in order to obtain glycosylated polycaprolactone nanoparticles. Optimum stabilization for long time storage was achieved by using a mixture of glycopolymers and the non-ionic ...