--- _id: '1591' abstract: - lang: eng text: Electrospinning is a versatile method to produce nanofibers or nanofiber mats from diverse polymers or polymer blends. Including ceramic or metallic nanoparticles can even be used to create purely inorganic nanofibers for diverse applications. On the other hand, biocompatible and biodegradable polymers are of high interest especially for biomedical applications. Biodegradable nanofiber mats as scaffolds can be used in tissue engineering, especially when degradation times are in the same order of magnitude as cell proliferation on these substrates. Biodegradation, however, involves more aspects than the pure time profile. Especially for utilization in vitro and in vivo, byproducts of degradation processes may lead to undesired reactions with the surrounding tissue, and vice versa. Here, we give an overview of the production techniques of biodegradable nanofibers and nanofiber mats by different electrospinning techniques. In addition, we report on biotechnological and biomedical applications of such fully or partly biodegradable nanofibers and show the chances and challenges in interaction with living tissue and organisms. author: - first_name: Tomasz full_name: Blachowicz, Tomasz last_name: Blachowicz - first_name: Andrea full_name: Ehrmann, Andrea id: '223776' last_name: Ehrmann orcid: 0000-0003-0695-3905 orcid_put_code_url: https://api.orcid.org/v2.0/0000-0003-0695-3905/work/105572272 citation: alphadin: 'Blachowicz, Tomasz ; Ehrmann, Andrea: Production and Application of Biodegradable Nanofibers Using Electrospinning Techniques. In: Tiwari, S. K. ; Sharma, K. ; Sharma, V. ; Kumar, V. (Hrsg.): Electrospun Nanofibers. Fabrication, Functionalisation and Applications, Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials. Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2021, S. 1–24' ama: 'Blachowicz T, Ehrmann A. Production and Application of Biodegradable Nanofibers Using Electrospinning Techniques. In: Tiwari SK, Sharma K, Sharma V, Kumar V, eds. Electrospun Nanofibers. Fabrication, Functionalisation and Applications. Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2021:1-24. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-79979-3_1' apa: 'Blachowicz, T., & Ehrmann, A. (2021). Production and Application of Biodegradable Nanofibers Using Electrospinning Techniques. In S. K. Tiwari, K. Sharma, V. Sharma, & V. Kumar (Eds.), Electrospun Nanofibers. Fabrication, Functionalisation and Applications (pp. 1–24). Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79979-3_1' bibtex: '@inbook{Blachowicz_Ehrmann_2021, place={Cham}, series={Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials}, title={Production and Application of Biodegradable Nanofibers Using Electrospinning Techniques}, DOI={10.1007/978-3-030-79979-3_1}, booktitle={Electrospun Nanofibers. Fabrication, Functionalisation and Applications}, publisher={Springer International Publishing}, author={Blachowicz, Tomasz and Ehrmann, Andrea}, editor={Tiwari, Santosh Kumar and Sharma, Kashma and Sharma, Vishal and Kumar, VijayEditors}, year={2021}, pages={1–24}, collection={Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials} }' chicago: 'Blachowicz, Tomasz, and Andrea Ehrmann. “Production and Application of Biodegradable Nanofibers Using Electrospinning Techniques.” In Electrospun Nanofibers. Fabrication, Functionalisation and Applications, edited by Santosh Kumar Tiwari, Kashma Sharma, Vishal Sharma, and Vijay Kumar, 1–24. Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79979-3_1.' ieee: 'T. Blachowicz and A. Ehrmann, “Production and Application of Biodegradable Nanofibers Using Electrospinning Techniques,” in Electrospun Nanofibers. Fabrication, Functionalisation and Applications, S. K. Tiwari, K. Sharma, V. Sharma, and V. Kumar, Eds. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021, pp. 1–24.' mla: Blachowicz, Tomasz, and Andrea Ehrmann. “Production and Application of Biodegradable Nanofibers Using Electrospinning Techniques.” Electrospun Nanofibers. Fabrication, Functionalisation and Applications, edited by Santosh Kumar Tiwari et al., Springer International Publishing, 2021, pp. 1–24, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-79979-3_1. short: 'T. Blachowicz, A. Ehrmann, in: S.K. Tiwari, K. Sharma, V. Sharma, V. Kumar (Eds.), Electrospun Nanofibers. Fabrication, Functionalisation and Applications, Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2021, pp. 1–24.' date_created: 2022-01-01T13:12:49Z date_updated: 2022-01-01T15:13:51Z department: - _id: '103' doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-79979-3_1 editor: - first_name: Santosh Kumar full_name: Tiwari, Santosh Kumar last_name: Tiwari - first_name: Kashma full_name: Sharma, Kashma last_name: Sharma - first_name: Vishal full_name: Sharma, Vishal last_name: Sharma - first_name: Vijay full_name: Kumar, Vijay last_name: Kumar keyword: - Electrospinning - Biodegradable nanofibers - Degradation processes - Biocompatibility - Biodegradability language: - iso: eng main_file_link: - url: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79979-3_1 page: 1-24 place: Cham publication: Electrospun Nanofibers. Fabrication, Functionalisation and Applications publication_identifier: eisbn: - 978-3-030-79979-3 eissn: - 2364-1886 isbn: - 978-3-030-79978-6 issn: - 2364-1878 publication_status: published publisher: Springer International Publishing quality_controlled: '1' series_title: Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials status: public title: Production and Application of Biodegradable Nanofibers Using Electrospinning Techniques type: book_chapter user_id: '223776' year: '2021' ...