Over the past few decades, polymers have replaced many of the conventional materials in a variety of applications. Ease of processing, productivity, and decrease in cost of the materials are the most important advantages of using polymers in a number of fields. In most of these applications, the properties of polymers are modified using fillers and fibers to suit the high strength/specific properties requirements. Polymer composites offer advantages over other conventional materials when specific properties are compared. We use the fillers (chlorhexidine-gluconate, calcium carbonate, UV absorption and anti-oxidation agents) with biodegradable polymer Poly(α-L-alanine) by electrospinning in our study. This is possible because of the polymer composites membranes via electrospinning offer over conventional materials. In addition to the field of applied biomedical we believe that this way of processing of polymer composite materials can also be applied to other areas such as: Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell, Piezoelectric film.
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