Magnesium Oxide Nanoparticles Reinforced Electrospun Alginate-Based Nanofibrous Scaffolds with Improved Physical Properties

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Fibre composition</td><td class="align_center">Viscosity (P), flow rate (<i>μ</i>L/min), and voltage (kV)</td><td class="align_left">Observed morphology</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Alginate</td><td class="align_center">68.4 p ± 0.08, 8–10, and 26</td><td class="align_left">Diameter of 62–180 nm; randomly oriented and continuous; ultrafine, wavy, and smooth surface; beads-free</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Alginate/MgO 10% (w/w)</td><td class="align_center">72.2 p ± 0.0, 8–10, and 26</td><td class="align_left">Diameter of 83–230 nm; randomly oriented and continuous; ultrafine, wavy, and smooth surface; beads-free</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

The optimised values of the operating parameters for spinnability and brief highlights of the morphology of the fibres in the scaffolds.

International Journal of Biomaterials

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Table 1: Magnesium Oxide Nanoparticles Reinforced Electrospun Alginate-Based Nanofibrous Scaffolds with Improved Physical Properties 