Recent advancement of biopolymers and their potential biomedical applications

MC Biswas, B Jony, PK Nandy, RA Chowdhury… - Journal of Polymers and …, 2022 - Springer
Recently, the advantages of biopolymers over conventional plastic polymers are
unprecedented, provided that they are used in situations in which they raise the functionality …

Fabrication and properties of polycaprolactone composites containing calcium phosphate-based ceramics and bioactive glasses in bone tissue engineering: a review

F Hajiali, S Tajbakhsh, A Shojaei - Polymer reviews, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Polycaprolactone (PCL) is a bioresorbable and biocompatible polymer that has been widely
used in long-term implants and controlled drug release applications. However, when it …

Recent advancements in electrospinning design for tissue engineering applications: A review

AP Kishan… - Journal of Biomedical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Electrospinning, a technique used to fabricate fibrous scaffolds, has gained popularity in
recent years as a method to produce tissue engineered grafts with architectural similarities …

Electrospun poly (ɛ-caprolactone)/gelatin nanofibrous scaffolds for nerve tissue engineering

L Ghasemi-Mobarakeh, MP Prabhakaran, M Morshed… - Biomaterials, 2008 - Elsevier
Nerve tissue engineering is one of the most promising methods to restore nerve systems in
human health care. Scaffold design has pivotal role in nerve tissue engineering. Polymer …

Electrospun microfiber membranes embedded with drug-loaded clay nanotubes for sustained antimicrobial protection

J Xue, Y Niu, M Gong, R Shi, D Chen, L Zhang… - ACS nano, 2015 - ACS Publications
Guided tissue regeneration/guided bone regeneration membranes with sustained drug
delivery were developed by electrospinning drug-loaded halloysite clay nanotubes doped …

Polymer nanofibrous structures: Fabrication, biofunctionalization, and cell interactions

V Beachley, X Wen - Progress in polymer science, 2010 - Elsevier
Extracellular matrix fibers (ECM) such as collagen, elastin, and keratin provide biological
and physical support for cell attachment, proliferation, migration, differentiation and …

Electrospun hydroxyapatite-containing chitosan nanofibers crosslinked with genipin for bone tissue engineering

ME Frohbergh, A Katsman, GP Botta, P Lazarovici… - Biomaterials, 2012 - Elsevier
Reconstruction of large bone defects remains problematic in orthopedic and craniofacial
clinical practice. Autografts are limited in supply and are associated with donor site morbidity …

Electrospun biomimetic nanocomposite nanofibers of hydroxyapatite/chitosan for bone tissue engineering

Y Zhang, JR Venugopal, A El-Turki, S Ramakrishna… - Biomaterials, 2008 - Elsevier
The development of bioinspired or biomimetic materials is essential and has formed one of
the most important paradigms in today's tissue engineering research. This paper reports a …

Electrospun polycaprolactone/aloe vera_chitosan nanofibrous asymmetric membranes aimed for wound healing applications

SP Miguel, MP Ribeiro, P Coutinho, IJ Correia - Polymers, 2017 - mdpi.com
Today, none of the wound dressings available on the market is fully capable of reproducing
all the features of native skin. Herein, an asymmetric electrospun membrane was produced …

Increasing the pore sizes of bone-mimetic electrospun scaffolds comprised of polycaprolactone, collagen I and hydroxyapatite to enhance cell infiltration

MC Phipps, WC Clem, JM Grunda, GA Clines, SL Bellis - Biomaterials, 2012 - Elsevier
Bone-mimetic electrospun scaffolds consisting of polycaprolactone (PCL), collagen I and
nanoparticulate hydroxyapatite (HA) have previously been shown to support the adhesion …