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Tissue engineering aims to develop materials that enhance biological activity and promote tissue healing and regeneration. One promising approach is to functionalize nanofibrous materials with antimicrobial substances, such as lipophosphonoxin (LPPO), and use water-soluble polymers like polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) to incorporate bioactive molecules into fibers. However, water-soluble materials often face the issue of "burst release," releasing over 90% of the active substances within the initial 24 hours. This research focuses on preparing functionalized nanofibrous materials based on PVA containing the experimental antimicrobial compound LPPO and subsequent physical stabilization of the materials using the "Heat treatment" method. The applied stabilization successfully reduced the incorporated substance's release rate by up to 50%. The resulting materials have the potential to provide functional cross-linked PVA nanofiber scaffolds for regenerative medicine applications in large and chronic skin injuries.
Keywords: Nanofibrous materials, polyvinyl alcohol, functionalization, heat treatment, tissue engineering© This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.