Fabrication of porous gelatin microfibers using an aqueous wet spinning process

Artif Cells Blood Substit Immobil Biotechnol. 2009;37(4):173-6. doi: 10.1080/10731190903041022. Epub 2009 Jun 12.

Abstract

Alginate has a unique property of gel formation by chelating with divalent cations such as Ca(+2) in aqueous solution. The sol-gel characteristic of alginate has been utilized to fabricate both microsphere and microcapsule for cell immobilization. In this study, a wet spinning process was employed to prepare fibers comprised of gelatin and sodium alginate. Gelatin fibers containing interconnected porous structure were fabricated by the extraction of alginate from these gelatin/alginate composite fibers with phosphate buffer. The application of these porous gelatin fibers for enzyme immobilization was demonstrated by its usage as the base material of glucose biosensor.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alginates / chemistry
  • Alginates / isolation & purification
  • Electrodes
  • Enzymes, Immobilized / chemistry
  • Gelatin / chemical synthesis*
  • Gelatin / chemistry*
  • Glucose / chemistry
  • Glucuronic Acid / chemistry
  • Glucuronic Acid / isolation & purification
  • Hexuronic Acids / chemistry
  • Hexuronic Acids / isolation & purification
  • Porosity
  • Rotation*
  • Water / chemistry*

Substances

  • Alginates
  • Enzymes, Immobilized
  • Hexuronic Acids
  • Water
  • Glucuronic Acid
  • Gelatin
  • Glucose