Preparation of polyacrylamide/polylactic acid co-assembled core/shell nanofibers as designed beads for dapsone in vitro efficient delivery

Abstract

The main aim of this study is to synthesize and prepare polyacrylamide (PAM)/polylactic acid (PLA) co-assembled core/shell nanofibers in order to investigate an effective dapsone-loaded capability and dapsone-release in the aqueous medium. Dapsone (4,4-diamino-diphenyl sulfone) has high permeability and low solubility in water. In vitro release testing indicates that maximum incorporation of the dapsone nanoemulsions into core/shell nanofibrous structures were 77.71 after 400 min. Products were characterized with X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), Thermo-Gravimetric Analysis (TGA), Dynamic light scattering (DLS) analysis, Contact Angle Measurement (CAM) and nitrogen adsorption [i.e. Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) Surface Area Analysis] techniques. The porosimetric measurements of the nanofibers structures showed that high porosity diameter, adsorption cross-section area, pore volumes and dead volume were obtained as 0.162 nm2, 0.1005 cm3g−1 and 15.693 cm3, respectively. TGA curve of the core/shell nanofibrous structures shows thermal stability between 240 °C and 260 °C.