Amirkabir University of Technology

Synthesis of Nanofibers for Use in Wound Dressing

 
AUT researchers in collaboration with researchers from the University of Minnesota, have been successful in producing antimicrobial nanofibers for wound dressing using cotton waste. According to AUT’s PR: Ahmad Heevehchi, a Ph.D. student of Textile Engineering at AUT and the project manager, said: "Turkmen Sahara has been a hub of cotton cultivation in the old days; but nowadays due to incorrect policies, the tendency to cultivate this product in the Golestan state has declined.
He continued: In these studies titled "The production of nanofibers based on polycaprolactone that has been enhanced by extracted cellulosic nanocrystals and evaluation of drug release with antimicrobial properties", Turkmen Sahara cotton waste was used for the production of cellulose nanocrystals and its application in tissue engineering.