Fibrous matrices with a hydrophilic surface for transporting drugs based on poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)
and poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate)
S. N. Kholuyskaya, A. A. Olkhov, R. Yu. Kosenko, V. S. Markin, A. G. Filatova,
Yu. N. Zernova, G. M. Mukhametova, A. L. Iordanskii
The paper studies the morphology and kinetic dependences of the release of a model drug, furacilin, by fibrous matrices of poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) coated with poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (PHEMA). PHB fibers were obtained by electrospinning. As part of the study, a method was developed and the conditions for obtaining a composite material (CM) based on PHEMA and ultra-thin PHB fibers – the biopolymers were optimized by polymerization filling through catalytic polymerization of HEMA on the surface of PHB fibers. Also, under in situ polymerization conditions, materials with a model drug, furacilin, encapsulated in a PHEMA matrix in concentrations of 0.05 – 1 % were obtained. The dynamics of diffusion and transport processes of furacilin and hydrolytic reactions of the resulting fibrous material were studied by chemical kinetics methods. Scanning electron microscopy was used to demonstrate how furacilin encapsulation in PHB-PHEMA composite fibers changes the structural characteristics of the materials and affects the dynamics of drug release. The PHEMA coating was applied to the fibers by impregnation in the monomer with a catalyst and subsequent polymerization of HEMA. Encapsulation of PHB fibers with hydrophilic PHEMA leads to a significant increase in the water sorption capacity (7 times). It was found that small furacilin concentrations have little effect on water sorption. At the same time, the initial rate of water absorption increases with increasing drug concentration. Filling the HEMA monomer with furacilin during the formation of the polymer coating affects the transport characteristics of fibrous materials. It was shown that the kinetics of furacilin release is a type II diffusion process, in which the swelling rate is controlled by the relaxation time of macromolecular chains. The kinetic profiles of furacilin release from composite fibers are characterized by an initial, nonlinear in time, section and a subsequent linear desorption section, which is due to a combination of diffusion and kinetic components. The results obtained in the work can be used to create matrices for the controlled release of medicinal and biologically active substances.
Key words: ultrafine fibers, electrospinning, polymer coatings, morphology, poly-3-hydroxybutyrate, poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate), water sorption, hydrophilicity, drugs, furacilin, release, diffusion.
DOI: 10.30791/1028-978X-2026-7-32-42
Kholuyskaya Svetlana — N.N. Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics Russian Academy of Sciences (119991, Moscow, Kosygina, 4), PhD (Chem), senior researcher, specialist in the field of oxidation-reduction catalysis. E-mail: s_n_khol@mail.ru.
Olkhov Anatoliy — N.N. Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics Russian Academy of Sciences (119991, Moscow, Kosygina, 4), DrSc (Chem), Head of the Laboratory of Diffusion Phenomena in Polymer Systems; Plekhanov Russian University of Economics (115054, Moscow, Stremyanny per., 36), leading researcher, professor, specialist in the field of physical chemistry and technology of polymers and composites. E-mail: aolkhov72@yandex.ru,
Kosenko Regina — N.N. Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics Russian Academy of Sciences (119991, Moscow, Kosygina, 4), PhD (Chem), senior researcher, specialist in the field of polymer diffusion. E-mail: vadim-parfenov5@rambler.ru.
Markin Valeriy — N.N. Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics Russian Academy of Sciences (119991, Moscow, Kosygina, 4), PhD (Chem), senior researcher, specialist in the field of polymer diffusion. E-mail: super.vmarkin@yandex.ru.
Filatova Anna — N.N. Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics Russian Academy of Sciences (119991, Moscow, Kosygina, 4), PhD (Chem), researcher, specialist in the field of polymer structure. E-mail: filatovaanna1@mail.ru.
Zernova Yuliya — N. N. Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics Russian Academy of Sciences (119991, Moscow, Kosygina, 4), PhD (Chem), researcher, specialist in the field of polymer electroforming. E-mail: zernova_julia@mail.ru.
Mukhametova Gulnaz — N.N. Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, 119991, Kosygina, 4), researcher, specialist in the field of polymer synthesis. E-mail: marinesko-2@mail.ru.
Iordanskii Alexey — N.N. Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, 119991, Kosygina, 4), DrSc (Chem), chief researcher, specialist in the field of polymer structure and diffusion. E-mail: aljordan08@gmail.com.
Reference citing:
Kholuyskaya S.N., Olkhov A.A., Kosenko R.Yu., Markin V.S., Filatova A.G., Zernova Yu.N., Mukhametova G.M., Iordanskii A.L. Voloknistye matricy s gidrofil'noj poverhnost'yu dlya transporta lekarstvennyh veshchestv na osnove poli(3-gidroksibutirata) i poli(2-gidroksietilmetakrilata) [Fibrous matrices with a hydrophilic surface for transporting drugs based on poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) and poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate)]. Perspektivnye Materialy [Advanced Materials] (in Russ), 2026, no. 7, pp. 32 – 42. DOI: 10.30791/1028-978X-2026-7-32-42