Innovative Green Way to Design Biobased Electrospun Fibers from Wheat Gluten and These Fibers' Potential as Absorbents of Biofluids.

ABSTRACT: In this study, a new method was developed to successfully design sustainable microfibers from wheat gluten proteins using a nonreducing solvent and electrospinning. We explored the morphology by X-ray tomography, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM), protein chemistry and cross-linking by size exclusion-high-performance liquid chromatography (SE-HPLC), and secondary structure by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) of fibers containing 15 and 20% of gluten. The impact of heat (130 °C) post-treatment on the polymerization properties of fibers and their absorption performance in different biofluids were also evaluated. The fibers with 20% gluten showed a uniform architecture supported by a relatively stronger fibrous network as compared

SUBMITTER: Muneer F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10125173 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature