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 …

[HTML][HTML] Tailoring micro/nano-fibers for biomedical applications

B Kong, R Liu, J Guo, L Lu, Q Zhou, Y Zhao - Bioactive Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Nano/micro fibers have evoked much attention of scientists and have been researched as
cutting edge and hotspot in the area of fiber science in recent years due to the rapid …

[HTML][HTML] Microfluidic-assisted fiber production: Potentials, limitations, and prospects

A Abrishamkar, A Nilghaz, M Saadatmand… - …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Besides the conventional fiber production methods, microfluidics has emerged as a
promising approach for the engineered spinning of fibrous materials and offers excellent …

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 …

Removal of toxic heavy metal lead (II) using chitosan oligosaccharide-graft-maleic anhydride/polyvinyl alcohol/silk fibroin composite

P Ajitha, K Vijayalakshmi, M Saranya, T Gomathi… - International journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
The present work was aimed to investigate the efficiency of novel chitosan oligosaccharide-
graft-maleic anhydride (COS-g-MAH)/Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/silk fibroin (SF) composite for …

Review of microfluidic approaches for fabricating intelligent fiber devices: importance of shape characteristics

R Wu, T Kim - Lab on a Chip, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Shape characteristics, which include the physical dimensions (scale), apparent morphology,
surface features, and structure, are essential factors of fibrous materials and determine many …

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 …

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 …

Microfluidic manufacturing of alginate fibers with encapsulated astrocyte cells

MC McNamara, F Sharifi, J Okuzono… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Encapsulating cells within microfibers allows for immobilization with a high degree of spatial-
temporal control. Furthermore, microfluidic encapsulation allows for the continuous creation …