Production of Cellulose Acetate Membranes Loaded with Quercetin by Supercritical CO2 Phase Inversion

Supercritical CO2 phase inversion is one of the most promising techniques to generate polymeric membranes. In recent years, it has been also tested to generate loaded membranes to be used in several applications such as controlled release, catalysis, tissue engineering, water purification, etc. In t...

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Main Authors: Lucia Baldino, Alvaro Gonzalez-Garcinuno, Antonio Tabernero, Stefano Cardea, Eva Martin Del Valle, Ernesto Reverchon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIDIC Servizi S.r.l. 2023-06-01
Series:Chemical Engineering Transactions
Online Access:https://www.cetjournal.it/index.php/cet/article/view/13402
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author Lucia Baldino
Alvaro Gonzalez-Garcinuno
Antonio Tabernero
Stefano Cardea
Eva Martin Del Valle
Ernesto Reverchon
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Alvaro Gonzalez-Garcinuno
Antonio Tabernero
Stefano Cardea
Eva Martin Del Valle
Ernesto Reverchon
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description Supercritical CO2 phase inversion is one of the most promising techniques to generate polymeric membranes. In recent years, it has been also tested to generate loaded membranes to be used in several applications such as controlled release, catalysis, tissue engineering, water purification, etc. In this work, membranes of cellulose acetate were generated, loaded with a highly hydrophobic drug with antifungal properties, i.e., quercetin. Different process parameters were tested to verify their effect on the final morphology of the membranes and on the drug distribution along the membranes. In particular, polymer concentration in the starting polymeric solution was varied from 5 to 15% w/w, operative pressure ranged between 100 and 200 bar, operative temperature from 45 to 55 °C. Different membranes structures were obtained: finger-like and cellular-like; the effect of these different morphologies on quercetin release was also analyzed, finding as finger-like structure promoted a faster drug release (i.e., less than 200 min) with respect to cellular structures (i.e., up to 1400 min). Results confirmed the capability of supercritical CO2 phase inversion process to generate loaded polymeric membranes and the high versatility of this process that allowed to generate different morphologies capable to control the drug release rate.
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spelling doaj.art-76b20213e8c94fbb8b50fd5f890d43912023-06-30T22:32:06ZengAIDIC Servizi S.r.l.Chemical Engineering Transactions2283-92162023-06-0110010.3303/CET23100080Production of Cellulose Acetate Membranes Loaded with Quercetin by Supercritical CO2 Phase InversionLucia BaldinoAlvaro Gonzalez-GarcinunoAntonio TaberneroStefano CardeaEva Martin Del ValleErnesto ReverchonSupercritical CO2 phase inversion is one of the most promising techniques to generate polymeric membranes. In recent years, it has been also tested to generate loaded membranes to be used in several applications such as controlled release, catalysis, tissue engineering, water purification, etc. In this work, membranes of cellulose acetate were generated, loaded with a highly hydrophobic drug with antifungal properties, i.e., quercetin. Different process parameters were tested to verify their effect on the final morphology of the membranes and on the drug distribution along the membranes. In particular, polymer concentration in the starting polymeric solution was varied from 5 to 15% w/w, operative pressure ranged between 100 and 200 bar, operative temperature from 45 to 55 °C. Different membranes structures were obtained: finger-like and cellular-like; the effect of these different morphologies on quercetin release was also analyzed, finding as finger-like structure promoted a faster drug release (i.e., less than 200 min) with respect to cellular structures (i.e., up to 1400 min). Results confirmed the capability of supercritical CO2 phase inversion process to generate loaded polymeric membranes and the high versatility of this process that allowed to generate different morphologies capable to control the drug release rate.https://www.cetjournal.it/index.php/cet/article/view/13402
spellingShingle Lucia Baldino
Alvaro Gonzalez-Garcinuno
Antonio Tabernero
Stefano Cardea
Eva Martin Del Valle
Ernesto Reverchon
Production of Cellulose Acetate Membranes Loaded with Quercetin by Supercritical CO2 Phase Inversion
Chemical Engineering Transactions
title Production of Cellulose Acetate Membranes Loaded with Quercetin by Supercritical CO2 Phase Inversion
title_full Production of Cellulose Acetate Membranes Loaded with Quercetin by Supercritical CO2 Phase Inversion
title_fullStr Production of Cellulose Acetate Membranes Loaded with Quercetin by Supercritical CO2 Phase Inversion
title_full_unstemmed Production of Cellulose Acetate Membranes Loaded with Quercetin by Supercritical CO2 Phase Inversion
title_short Production of Cellulose Acetate Membranes Loaded with Quercetin by Supercritical CO2 Phase Inversion
title_sort production of cellulose acetate membranes loaded with quercetin by supercritical co2 phase inversion
url https://www.cetjournal.it/index.php/cet/article/view/13402
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