Green Solvent-Assisted Coaxial Electrospinning of PVA/PLLA Nanofibers with Tailored Morphology and Diffusion-Controlled Transport

Green solvent strategies are increasingly important for advancing sustainable polymer processing and deepening the understanding of structure-property relationships. In this work, we report a coaxial electrospinning approach that employs dimethyl sulfoxide and ethyl acetate as environmentally benign...

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Autores: Martín-Cabezuelo, R, Serrano, MA, Barrajón-Catalán, E, Ballester, LP, Gómez-Tejedor, JA
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2026
País:España
Recursos:Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunitat Valenciana (FISABIO)
Repositorio:r-FISABIO. Repositorio Institucional de Producción Científica
OAI Identifier:oai:dnet:r-fisabio___::9e21fd4e1d4e733433c22c080bf749f7
Acesso em linha:https://fisabio.portalinvestigacion.com/publicaciones/21208
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Green solvents
Drug delivery
Polymers
Controlled release
Coaxial electrospinning
Polyvinyl alcohol
Poly(l-lactic acid)
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Resumo:Green solvent strategies are increasingly important for advancing sustainable polymer processing and deepening the understanding of structure-property relationships. In this work, we report a coaxial electrospinning approach that employs dimethyl sulfoxide and ethyl acetate as environmentally benign solvents to fabricate nanofibers composed of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) cores and poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA) shells. Comprehensive morphological and physicochemical characterization confirmed the successful formation of uniform, defect-free core-shell architectures. Comparative transport studies revealed clear architecture-dependent behavior: uniaxial PVA fibers displayed rapid burst release, PLLA-only fibers acted as complete diffusion barriers, and coaxial PVA/PLLA fibers enabled finely tunable, diffusion-controlled transport over extended timescales. These findings establish direct links between solvent choice, processing architecture, and transport properties in biodegradable nanofiber systems. This study provides both a scalable eco-conscious electrospinning strategy and a fundamental framework for correlating processing, morphology, and mass transport in polymeric materials.