Sustainable cellulose and its derivatives for promising biomedical applications

W Cheng, Y Zhu, G Jiang, K Cao, S Zeng… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Novel biomedical materials provide a new horizon for the diagnosis/treatment of diseases
and tissue repair. Cellulose, mainly found in trees and other biomass, is one of the most …

Bacterial cellulose: A smart biomaterial with diverse applications

DA Gregory, L Tripathi, ATR Fricker, E Asare… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Natural biomaterials have benefited the human civilisation for millennia. However, in recent
years, designing of natural materials for a wide range of applications have become a focus …

Bacterial cellulose and its applications

SM Choi, KM Rao, SM Zo, EJ Shin, SS Han - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
The sharp increase in the use of cellulose seems to be in increasing demand in wood; much
more research related to sustainable or alternative materials is necessary as a lot of the …

Use of industrial wastes as sustainable nutrient sources for bacterial cellulose (BC) production: Mechanism, advances, and future perspectives

A Kadier, RA Ilyas, MRM Huzaifah, N Harihastuti… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
A novel nanomaterial, bacterial cellulose (BC), has become noteworthy recently due to its
better physicochemical properties and biodegradability, which are desirable for various …

[HTML][HTML] Opportunities for bacterial nanocellulose in biomedical applications: Review on biosynthesis, modification and challenges

P Samyn, A Meftahi, SA Geravand, MEM Heravi… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Bacterial nanocellulose (BNC) is a natural polysaccharide produced as extracellular
material by bacterial strains and has favorable intrinsic properties for primary use in …

Biomaterials for bioprinting microvasculature

RW Barrs, J Jia, SE Silver, M Yost, Y Mei - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Microvasculature functions at the tissue and cell level, regulating local mass exchange of
oxygen and nutrient-rich blood. While there has been considerable success in the …

Bacterial cellulose-based polymer nanocomposites: a review

VV Revin, EV Liyaskina, MV Parchaykina… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Bacterial cellulose (BC) is currently one of the most popular environmentally friendly
materials with unique structural and physicochemical properties for obtaining various …

Nanocellulose-based inks for 3d bioprinting: Key aspects in research development and challenging perspectives in applications—A mini review

X Wang, Q Wang, C Xu - Bioengineering, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nanocelluloses have emerged as a catalogue of renewable nanomaterials for bioink
formulation in service of 3D bioprinting, thanks to their structural similarity to extracellular …

Convergence of 3D bioprinting and nanotechnology in tissue engineering scaffolds

S Zhang, X Chen, M Shan, Z Hao, X Zhang, L Meng… - Biomimetics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting has emerged as a promising scaffold fabrication strategy
for tissue engineering with excellent control over scaffold geometry and microstructure …

Biocompatibility evaluation of a 3D-bioprinted alginate-GelMA-bacteria nanocellulose (BNC) scaffold laden with oriented-growth RSC96 cells

Z Wu, S Xie, Y Kang, X Shan, Q Li, Z Cai - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Peripheral nerve injury can cause various degrees of damage to the morphological structure
and physiological function of the peripheral nerve. At present, compared with “gold …