Preparation and anticoagulant properties of heparin-like electrospun membranes from carboxymethyl chitosan and bacterial cellulose sulfate.

Heparin-like membranes (CPBS) with nanofibers (approximate diameters of 100-500 nm) were prepared through electrospinning of a blended solution of carboxymethyl chitosan nanoparticle (CMCN, diameters 483 nm) and poly (vinyl alcohol) (CMCN/PVA) onto the surface of modified bacterial cellulose sulfate (BCS) membranes. SEM images confirmed that the CMCN were stretched to nanofibers during electrospinning. The presence of BCS on the collector of electrospinning machine increased the spinnability of CMCN/PVA solution.