Additive manufacturing (AM) alias 3D printing translates computer-aided design (CAD)
virtual 3D models into physical objects. By digital slicing of CAD, 3D scan, or tomography …

Photo-curable resins based on multifunctional acrylate monomers are commonly applied as
thin films (eg protective coatings, printing inks, etc.) and in recent years are also used for the …

Electrospinning is a unique technique, which provides forming of polymeric scaffolds for soft
tissue engineering, which include tissue scaffolds for soft tissues of the cardiovascular …

Small-diameter blood vessels (SDBVs) are still a challenging task to prepare due to the
occurrence of thrombosis formation, intimal hyperplasia, and aneurysmal dilation …

In this study, we prepared nanotopographical polyurethane (PU)-based bioactive scaffolds
that incorporated uniformly dispersed functionalized multi-wall carbon nanotubes …

Biodegradable vascular grafts with sufficient in vivo performance would be more
advantageous than permanent non-degradable prostheses. These constructs would be …

Biodegradable synthetic polymers have been widely used as tissue engineering scaffold
materials. Even though they have shown excellent biocompatibility, they have failed to …

Conventional synthesis routes for thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPUs) still require the use of
isocyanates and tin-based catalysts, which pose considerable safety and environmental …

Tissue-engineered vascular grafts (TEVGs) have emerged as a new choice for substitution
of damaged blood vessels. A passage of a new blood vessel can be regenerated through …

Polyurethanes are a family of polymers used in a variety of biomedical applications but
mainly in the cardiovascular field due to their good physicochemical and mechanical …