Eco-friendly Electrospun Polymeric Nanofibers-Based Nanocomposites for Wound Healing and Tissue Engineering

Recently, nanofibers have been investigated with remarkable increased applicability in different fields due to their numerous advantages such as large surface area and controlled morphology. Nanofibers can be prepared using three main techniques, namely electrospinning, phase separation, and self-assembly. Of these, electrospinning is the most commonly used technique and also seems to exhibit the most desirable results. This chapter provides an overview of the electrospinning of eco-friendly polymers and polymeric nanocomposites for biomedical applications with an emphasis on their applications in wound healing and tissue regenration. Controlling the characteristics of the developed electrospun nanocomposites via tailoring the collectors used during electrospinning as well as carefully changing their surface chemistry for the proper design of wound healing nanofibrous dressings and tissue engineering nanofibrous scaffolds will be explored. Also, the challenges associated with the use of electrospun polymeric nanofibers-based nanocomposites for wound healing and tissue engineering will be described.