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- Title
Synthesis of CaTiO<sub>3</sub> Nanofibers with Controllable Drug-Release Kinetics.
- Authors
Zhang, Qiuhong; Li, Xiang; Ren, Zhaohui; Han, Gaorong; Mao, Chuanbin
- Abstract
Calcium titanate (CaTiO3) nanofibers with controlled microstructure were fabricated by a combination of sol-gel and electrospinning approaches. The fiber morphology has been found to rely significantly on the precursor composition. Altering the volume ratio of ethanol to acetic acid from 3.5 to 1.25 enables the morphology of the CaTiO3 nanofibers to be transformed from fibers with a circular cross section to curved ribbon-like structures. Ibuprofen (IBU) was used as a model drug to investigate the drug-loading capacity and drug-release profile of the nanofibers. It was found that the BET surface area and the pore volume decrease markedly with the utilization of F127 surfactant. The nanofibers synthesized without F127 surfactant present the highest drug-loading capacity and the most sustained release kinetics. This study suggests that calcium titanate nanofibers can offer a promising platform for localized drug delivery.
- Subjects
SOL-gel processes; SURFACE active agents; NANOFIBERS; ELECTROSPINNING; DRUG delivery systems
- Publication
European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2015, Vol 2015, Issue 27, p4532
- ISSN
1434-1948
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ejic.201500737