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The aim of this work is to develop drug carrier system with high loading capacity and controlled drug release profile for antibiotic release. For this purpose, composite molecularly imprinted nanofibers were prepared via in-situ graft polymerization of methacrylic acid as a monomer, N,N'-methylene bisacrylamide as a crosslinker and gentamicin sulfate as a template molecule onto surface-modified bacterial cellulose nanofibers. Gentamicin imprinted microparticles were fabricated onto bacterial cellulose nanofibers resulting in the formation of composite BC nanofibers. Thus, the composite nanofibers incorporated with gentamicin imprinted microparticles were achieved to fabricated. The in-vitro drug release tests were performed to evaluate the release performance of the resultant composite nanofibers at 37 °C. Also, kinetic models were applied to the drug release data. It was determined that the drug release from the composite molecularly imprinted nanofibers fit well in the Korsmeyer-Peppas model.

There is a significant need for the development of the novel adsorbents in the field of protein purification. In this study, thin hemoglobin imprinted film (MIP) was fabricated onto the bacterial cellulose nanofibers' (BCNFs) by surface imprinting method using metal ion coordination interactions with N-methacryloyl-(L)-histidinemethylester (MAH) and copper ions. The hemoglobin surface imprinted bacterial cellulose nanofibers (MIP-BCNFs) was applied to selective recognition of hemoglobin and purification from hemolysate. The characterization of the MIP-BCNFs was carried out by the Fourier Transformed Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), micro-Computerized Tomography (μCT), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and surface area measurements. The adsorption experiments of hemoglobin onto the MIP-BCNFs and NIP-BCNFs from aqueous hemoglobin solutions were investigated in a batch system. The results showed that MIP-BCNFs are promising materials for purification of hemoglobin with high adsorption capacity, significant selectivity and reusability., (Copyright © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)

The potential of the modified bacterial cellulose (BC) nanofibers was determined bearing metal ion coordination interactions to enhance the protein adsorption and binding capacity. Thus, a household synthesized metal chelating monomer, namely N-methacryloyl-l-histidine methylester (MAH), and a commercial metal chelating monomer, namely 4-vinylimidazole (VIm), were used to complex with metal ions Cu(II) and Ni(II) respectively for the synthesis of the modified BC nanofibers. The modified nanofibers were characterized by FT-IR, SEM and EDX measurements. The protein adsorption tests were carried out using hemoglobin as a model protein and it was determined that the maximum adsorption capacity of hemoglobin onto the modified BC nanofibers was found as 47.40mg/g. The novel strategy for the preparation of metal chelated nanofibers was developed., (Copyright © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)