Effect of starch on biodegradability of electrospun polyhydroxybutyrate scaffold

Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine aim to develop biological substitutes that restore, maintain, or improve damaged tissue and organ functionality. Scaffold design has pivotal role in tissue engineering. Polymer blending is one of the most effective methods for providing new, desirable bio composites for tissue-engineering applications. Aligned PHB scaffolds was fabricated without and with 17 % (w/w) Starch at 13 % (w/v) solution concentrations by elecrospinning. The morphology of scaffolds was studied by SEM images and software Image J. Results noticed that scaffolds with starch degredated more than pure PHB. Measuring lossed weight after incubation showed more degradability of scaffold with starch