Fabrication and characterization of nanofibers based on poly(lactic acid)/chitosan blends by electrospinning and their functionalization with phospholipase A1 |
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Authors: | Wassila Tighzert Abderrahmane Habi Abdellah Ajji Tahar Sadoun Fatima Boukraa-Oulad Daoud |
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Institution: | 1.Department of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnique Montrèal,Center for Applied Research on Polymers and Composites (CREPEC),Montrèal,Canada;2.Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères, Faculté de Chimie,Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene,Alger,Algeria;3.Laboratoire des Matériaux Organiques, Faculté de Technologie,Université Abderrahmane Mira,Bejaia,Algeria |
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Abstract: | In this work, electrospinning of poly(lactic acid) (PLA), chitosan and their blends has been investigated, and nanofibers with a diameter ranging from 90 nm to 1.9 microns were produced and used as carriers for immobilization of the phospholipase A1. A strong influence of chitosan (CS) and the solvent trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) on the morphology, distribution of the nanofibers diameter and on their hydrophobicity was observed. The yield of phospholipase A1 (PLA1) on non-woven fibers was evaluated using the method of Bradford. Their activities and their reutilisability were assessed titrimetrically using soybean lecithin as substrate. The results showed that the degree of immobilization on the non-woven fibers of pure PLA and mixtures PLA/CS4 and PLA/SC6 are 73, 54, 45 % respectively and can be reused up to 4 cycles without significant loss of enzyme activity. Moreover, a remarkable improvement of the activity of phospholipase A1 on non-woven based on pure PLA fibers was observed, indicating that most of the enzymes were probably in their active form. |
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