In recent decades synthetic polymers have gained increasing popularity, and nowadays
they are an integral part of people's daily lives. In addition, owing to their competitive …

Significant progress has been achieved in the last years on the modification of
polyethersulfone (PES) membranes. Many articles and reviews have been written on the …

The influence of different surface properties holding to a modification of the substrate
towards hydrophobic or superhydrophobic behavior was reviewed in this paper. Cell …

Neural regeneration devices interface with the nervous system and can provide flexibility in
material choice, implantation without the need for additional surgeries, and the ability to …

The review encompasses state-of-the-art strategies for design and fabrication of smart
biomaterials for tissue engineering. The focus of the work is mainly put on metallic …

Late in-stent thrombus and restenosis still represent two major challenges in stents' design.
Surface treatment of stent is attracting attention due to the increasing importance of stenting …

Water solutions treated by cold atmospheric plasmas (CAPs) currently stand out in the field
of cancer treatment as sources of exogenous blends of reactive oxygen and nitrogen …

New Zn (II)-curcumin based heteroleptic complexes (1–5) have been synthesized and fully
characterized, with the aim to improve the bioactivity of the precursor derivative [(bpy-9) Zn …

This work reports on the development of fibers based on natural mango kernel starch (MKS)
with diameters in the nanoscalse by means of the electrospinning technique. MKS was …

In tissue engineering, cells are seeded onto a porous three-dimensional scaffold that will
provide support and guide cells toward the growth of new tissue-like structures. These …