A comparative review of natural and synthetic biopolymer composite scaffolds

MSB Reddy, D Ponnamma, R Choudhary… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Tissue engineering (TE) and regenerative medicine integrate information and technology
from various fields to restore/replace tissues and damaged organs for medical treatments …

Design, printing, and engineering of regenerative biomaterials for personalized bone healthcare

Z Jia, X Xu, D Zhu, Y Zheng - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Trauma-and disease-related skeletal defects and illnesses are plaguing millions of people
especially in an ageing globe. Recently, the convergence of additive manufacturing (AM) …

The application of polycaprolactone in three-dimensional printing scaffolds for bone tissue engineering

X Yang, Y Wang, Y Zhou, J Chen, Q Wan - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bone tissue engineering commonly encompasses the use of three-dimensional (3D)
scaffolds to provide a suitable microenvironment for the propagation of cells to regenerate …

Hydrolytic degradation and erosion of polyester biomaterials

LN Woodard, MA Grunlan - 2018 - ACS Publications
Strategies to refine the degradation behavior of polyester biomaterials, particularly to
overcome the limitations of slow hydrolytic degradation, would broaden their utility. Herein …

Three-dimensional scaffolds for tissue engineering applications: role of porosity and pore size

QL Loh, C Choong - 2013 - liebertpub.com
Tissue engineering applications commonly encompass the use of three-dimensional (3D)
scaffolds to provide a suitable microenvironment for the incorporation of cells or growth …

Polycaprolactone-based biomaterials for tissue engineering and drug delivery: Current scenario and challenges

D Mondal, M Griffith… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Recently, poly (є-caprolactone)(PCL) has gained a lot of attention, and shown
great potential in biomedical applications. Among synthetic polymers, PCL is one of the …

Biomedical applications of biodegradable polyesters

I Manavitehrani, A Fathi, H Badr, S Daly… - Polymers, 2016 - mdpi.com
The focus in the field of biomedical engineering has shifted in recent years to biodegradable
polymers and, in particular, polyesters. Dozens of polyester-based medical devices are …

Improvement of the wound-healing process by curcumin-loaded chitosan/collagen blend electrospun nanofibers: in vitro and in vivo studies

N Jirofti, M Golandi, J Movaffagh… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Chronic wounds have become a major health problem worldwide. Curcumin (Cur), with
strong anti-inflammatory and anti-infective properties, is introduced as a unique molecule for …

The return of a forgotten polymer—Polycaprolactone in the 21st century

MA Woodruff, DW Hutmacher - Progress in polymer science, 2010 - Elsevier
During the resorbable-polymer-boom of the 1970s and 1980s, polycaprolactone (PCL) was
used extensively in the biomaterials field and a number of drug-delivery devices. Its …

Applications of hierarchically structured porous materials from energy storage and conversion, catalysis, photocatalysis, adsorption, separation, and sensing to …

MH Sun, SZ Huang, LH Chen, Y Li, XY Yang… - Chemical society …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the last decade, significant effort has been devoted to the applications of hierarchically
structured porous materials owing to their outstanding properties such as high surface area …