Novel Method to Fabricate Artificial Fenestrated Capillary Vessels

Dr. George Tan developed a novel core–sheath wet electrospinning approach to fabricate nanoporous polycaprolactone microtubes as potential functional capillaries for tissue engineering. This work was published as a Back-Cover article in Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, one of the top journals in polymer science. The solution viscosity and humidity significantly influence the morphology of electrospun polymers, leading to various products including porous microbeads, helical microfibers, and microtubes. The nanoporous microtubes have similar size and morphology to human fenestrated capillary vessels.

The paper can be found at

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mame.202070020