Electrospun nanofibrous materials for tissue engineering and drug delivery

W Cui, Y Zhou, J Chang - Science and technology of advanced …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
The electrospinning technique, which was invented about 100 years ago, has attracted more
attention in recent years due to its possible biomedical applications. Electrospun fibers with …

State of the art composites comprising electrospun fibres coupled with hydrogels: a review

LA Bosworth, LA Turner, SH Cartmell - … : Nanotechnology, Biology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Research into scaffolds tailored for specific tissue engineering and biomaterial applications
continues to develop as these structures are commonly impeded by their limitations. For …

Reinforcing poly (ε-caprolactone) nanofibers with cellulose nanocrystals

JO Zoppe, MS Peresin, Y Habibi… - … applied materials & …, 2009 - ACS Publications
We studied the use of cellulose nanocrystals (CNXs) obtained after acid hydrolysis of ramie
cellulose fibers to reinforce poly (ε-caprolactone)(PCL) nanofibers. Chemical grafting with …

Acetone, a sustainable solvent for electrospinning poly (ε-caprolactone) fibres: effect of varying parameters and solution concentrations on fibre diameter

LA Bosworth, S Downes - Journal of Polymers and the Environment, 2012 - Springer
Electrospinning commonly requires a solvent carrier to transform polymer materials from one
solid form to another. The types of solvents are often classed as toxic and hazardous and …

Conductive polycaprolactone/gelatin/polyaniline nanofibres as functional scaffolds for cardiac tissue regeneration

O Gil-Castell, I Ontoria-Oviedo, JD Badia… - Reactive and Functional …, 2022 - Elsevier
The endorsement of functional features such as biocompatibility, mechanical integrity, or
electrical conductivity to tissue engineering (TE) scaffolds is essential to stimulate cell …

Collagen and chondroitin sulfate functionalized bioinspired fibers for tendon tissue engineering application

H Yuan, X Li, MS Lee, Z Zhang, B Li, H Xuan… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Functional tendon tissue engineering depends on harnessing the biochemical and
biophysical cues of the native tendon extracellular matrix. In this study, we fabricated highly …

Microtopographically patterned surfaces promote the alignment of tenocytes and extracellular collagen

A Kapoor, EHG Caporali, PJA Kenis, MC Stewart - Acta biomaterialia, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the role of microtopographical features on the cytomorphology,
alignment, proliferation and gene expression of tenocytes. We made use of simple …

Gamma irradiation of electrospun poly (ε‐caprolactone) fibers affects material properties but not cell response

LA Bosworth, A Gibb, S Downes - Journal of Polymer Science …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Fabrication of electrospun fibrous scaffolds as future medical devices is being widely
researched, with particular emphasis given to their material properties and effect on cell …

Tailored electrospun nanofibrous polycaprolactone/gelatin scaffolds into an acid hydrolytic solvent system

O Gil-Castell, JD Badia, A Ribes-Greus - European Polymer Journal, 2018 - Elsevier
Blended nanofibrous scaffolds based on polycaprolactone (PCL) and gelatin (Ge) were
successfully prepared. A formic/acetic acid (1: 1) mixture was used to dissolve PCL/Ge …

Electrospinning of functional materials for biomedicine and tissue engineering

OA Inozemtseva, YE Salkovskiy… - Russian Chemical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Published data on nanostructured materials prepared by electrospinning are analyzed and
generalized. Particular attention is devoted to the design and properties of nanocomposite …