Fabrication of Calixarene Based Protein Scaffold by Electrospin Coating for Tissue Engineering

In this study, calixarene was synthesized by using different functional groups as p-tert-butyl-Calix[4]arene ester and amides. Calixarene nanofibers were produced by electrospin coating. Protein immobilization onto the calixarene nanofibers was carried out with human serum albumin (HSA). The maximum amount of binding on produced three different calixarene nanofibers (DE, 2-AMP and 3-AMP) was compared by using a fluorescence technique for protein analysis. Result showed that maximum binding amount was found to be as 177.85 mg cm⁻² for 3-AMP surface. The protein binding was also characterized by using SEM, TEM, AFM and FT-IR. From obtained results, calixarene-albumin nanofiber was also fabricated by spin coating using 3-AMP which has ability max binding of protein.