Fiber scaffolds have excellent utility in nanomedicine for tissue engineering, drug delivery and as advanced bandages. Nanofiber scaffolds have been traditionally fabricated via electrospinning. However, the rate of functional material production can be significantly increased by utilizing a high throughput melt coextrusion process. We have used this melt coextrusion technology in conjugation with <i>grafting-from</i> chemistries such as ATRP, for a quick and simple method to fabricate novel, advanced bandages. These bandages are capable of eliciting a greater than 99.9% antibacterial effectiveness against both gram positive and gram negative bacteria, with possible uses in other biomedical applications as well.

High throughput manufacturing of biomedically relevant nanofibers by melt coextrusion and post-processing surface polymerization

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