Advances in functional polymer nanofibers: From spinning fabrication techniques to recent biomedical applications

DM Dos Santos, DS Correa, ES Medeiros… - … applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Functional polymeric micro-/nanofibers have emerged as promising materials for the
construction of structures potentially useful in biomedical fields. Among all kinds of …

Multifunctional micro/nanoscale fibers based on microfluidic spinning technology

XY Du, Q Li, G Wu, S Chen - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Superfine multifunctional micro/nanoscale fibrous materials with high surface area and
ordered structure have attracted intensive attention for widespread applications in recent …

Fiber based approaches as medicine delivery systems

F Sharifi, AC Sooriyarachchi, H Altural… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The goal of drug delivery is to ensure that therapeutic molecules reach the intended target
organ or tissue, such that the effectiveness of the drug is maximized. The efficiency of a drug …

Polycaprolactone microfibrous scaffolds to navigate neural stem cells

F Sharifi, BB Patel, AK Dzuilko, R Montazami… - …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Fibrous scaffolds have shown promise in tissue engineering due to their ability to improve
cell alignment and migration. In this paper, poly (ε-caprolactone)(PCL) fibers are fabricated …

Design and analysis of fused deposition modeling 3D printer nozzle for color mixing

S Han, Y Xiao, T Qi, Z Li, Q Zeng - Advances in Materials …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Fused deposition modeling (FDM) has been one of the most widely used rapid prototyping
(RP) technologies leading to the increase in market attention. Obviously it is desirable to …

3D microfibrous scaffolds selectively promotes proliferation and glial differentiation of adult neural stem cells: a platform to tune cellular behavior in neural tissue …

BB Patel, F Sharifi, DP Stroud… - Macromolecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Biomaterials are essential for the development of innovative biomedical and therapeutic
applications. Biomaterials‐based scaffolds can influence directed cell differentiation to …

Photo-cross-linked poly (ethylene glycol) diacrylate hydrogels: spherical microparticles to bow tie-shaped microfibers

F Sharifi, BB Patel, MC McNamara… - … applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Bow tie-shaped fibers and spherical microparticles with controlled dimensions and shapes
were fabricated with poly (ethylene glycol) diacrylate hydrogel utilizing hydrodynamic shear …

Mechanical and physical properties of poly (vinyl alcohol) microfibers fabricated by a microfluidic approach

F Sharifi, Z Bai, R Montazami, N Hashemi - RSC advances, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
A microfluidic platform was used to fabricate continuous and non-rounded polyvinyl alcohol
(PVA) microfibers. We showed that the size and cross-section of the PVA fibers can be …

Characterization of Chlorella vulgaris and Chlorella protothecoides using multi-pixel photon counters in a 3D focusing optofluidic system

JB Vander Wiel, JD Mikulicz, MR Boysen, N Hashemi… - RSC …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Analysis of microparticle size and fluorescence intensity can be used to classify
microparticles. We designed and fabricated an optofluidic system that characterizes …

High-resolution fabrication of nanopatterns by multistep iterative miniaturization of hot-embossed prestressed polymer films and constrained shrinking

S Sayed, PR Selvaganapathy - Microsystems & Nanoengineering, 2022 - nature.com
The fabrication of nanostructures and nanopatterns is of crucial importance in
microelectronics, nanofluidics, and the manufacture of biomedical devices and biosensors …