Characterization of solution blown thermoplastic polyurethane nanofibers modified with Szygium aromaticum extract

Emine Canbay-Gokce, Yasin Akgul, Ahmet Yakup Gokce, Cigdem Tasdelen-Yucedag, Ali Kilic*, Ahmed Hassanin

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Abstract

Antibacterial wound dressing mats were produced via coating solution blown TPU nanofiber mats with Szygium aromaticum extract (clove oil). Soxhlet extraction was used to obtain clove oil (CO) and according to gas chromatography–mass spectrometry analysis, it was shown that extract was mostly composed of eugenol and β-caryophylene, which exhibit superior antimicrobial activity. TPU nanofiber mats were coated with obtained clove oil in order to obtain antibacterial nanofibers. Even 2 mg/cm2 clove oil coated TPU nanofibers (E2/TPU) exhibited a zone of inhibition around 24 and 22 mm against S. aureus and E. coli, respectively. On the other hand, air permeability of nanofibrous mats decreased with the increasing amount of clove oil over 5 mg/cm2, because clove oil caused changes in nanofiber morphology. However, the presence of clove oil did not affect the morphology of E2/TPU, where air permeability values of those dressings were close to that of neat TPU nanofiber mats.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)10-15
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of the Textile Institute
Volume111
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Jan 2020

Bibliographical note

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Funding

This work was supported by the Istanbul Technical University, Scientific Research Projects Fund (ITU-BAP) [Grant Number: 38050, 39128, 39606] and Istanbul Development Agency (ISTKA) [Grant Number: TR10/16/YNY/0192]. Thanks are also due to Dr. Eman Ghazy for the antibacterial tests. The authors gratefully acknowledge AREKA LLC, Istanbul Technical University Scientific Research Projects Fund (ITU-BAP Grant No: 39128, 39606) and Istanbul Development Agency (ISTKA) for the financial support of this work.

FundersFunder number
ISTKATR10/16/YNY/0192
ITU-BAP39128, 38050, 39606
Istanbul Technical University Scientific Research Projects Fund
Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi
Istanbul Kalkinma Ajansi

    Keywords

    • Clove oil
    • nanofiber
    • solution blowing
    • wound dressings

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