On-site PhD conferral Matin Rostamitabar
Double Doctoral degree Maastricht University and RWTH Aachen, Germany
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. med. Stefan Jockenhoevel
Co-supervisors: Dr. Samaneh Ghazanfari, Prof. Dr. Gunnar Seide
Keywords: cellulose, aerogel, wound dressing, drug delivery
"Cellulose Based Aerogel Microfibers for Biomedical Applications"
Some wounds are non-healing and can be life-threatening particularly in older patients. Only in EU annually around 4 million individuals suffer from different types of wounds, requiring further medical treatment, such as wound dressings.
In this PhD project, the fabrication of cellulose aerogel fibers and their potential for biomedical application of drug delivery and wound dressing has been investigated. Cellulose aerogel fibers are highly porous and nanostructured material made from the most abundant biobased polymer, “cellulose’’.
This research has proven that cellulose aerogel fibers can provide a moist environment and absorbs wound exudate for optimal wound healing. It is possible to deposit drug in the porous structure of the fibers and tune their release time; They are biocompatible and can be removed painlessly from the wound site. Therefore, cellulose aerogel fibers have a great potential to be used as wound dressing material.
