Hi,
I would like to know if anyone has cut their electrospun material before into small round disks? Which precision device did you use (or can recommend) and did it disturb the morphology/architecture of fibres during the process? I do not have access to a laser cutter. I think a regular hole puncher would damage my fibres.
I am working with PCL electrospun fibres and would like to cut them to disks with a diameter of 14mm to fit into wells with 15.6mm diameters within a 24 well plate.
Thanks!
Dear Moresche Bartley ,
you can use Buehler Isomet low-speed cutter as well, which is a precision sectioning saw designed for cutting various types of materials with minimal deformation. The low-speed sectioning tool is capable of cutting virtually any material including brittle or ductile metals, composites, cement, laminates, plastics, electronic devices, and biomaterials.
It has been used in some articles, I attached one of the articles that applied this device on the PCL electrospun NFs.
I hope this could be helpful for your task.
Respected Madam,
Kindly find the attachment. This may serve your purpose.
I may also suggest biopsy punch-out knives. We use those to punch circular samples from paper and nonwoven webs. They might be a less expensive way to do this.
See for instance (max i.d. is 8 mm but you will get the idea) : https://www.agarscientific.com/fr/tweezers-tools/specimen-punches/biopunch-9-core-diameters-1-5mm-8mm
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