[HTML][HTML] A comparative review of natural and synthetic biopolymer composite scaffolds

MSB Reddy, D Ponnamma, R Choudhary… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Tissue engineering (TE) and regenerative medicine integrate information and technology
from various fields to restore/replace tissues and damaged organs for medical treatments …

[HTML][HTML] Natural hydrogel-based bio-inks for 3D bioprinting in tissue engineering: a review

A Fatimi, OV Okoro, D Podstawczyk, J Siminska-Stanny… - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
Three-dimensional (3D) printing is well acknowledged to constitute an important technology
in tissue engineering, largely due to the increasing global demand for organ replacement …

[HTML][HTML] Chitosan based bioactive materials in tissue engineering applications-A review

MM Islam, M Shahruzzaman, S Biswas, MN Sakib… - Bioactive materials, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, there have been increasingly rapid advances of using bioactive materials in
tissue engineering applications. Bioactive materials constitute many different structures …

[HTML][HTML] Silk fibroin-based biomaterials for biomedical applications: a review

TP Nguyen, QV Nguyen, VH Nguyen, TH Le… - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Since it was first discovered, thousands of years ago, silkworm silk has been known to be an
abundant biopolymer with a vast range of attractive properties. The utilization of silk fibroin …

[HTML][HTML] Materials diversity of hydrogel: Synthesis, polymerization process and soil conditioning properties in agricultural field

M Rizwan, SR Gilani, AI Durani, S Naseem - Journal of advanced research, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The cumulative influence of global warming, climate abrupt changes, growing
population, topsoil erosion is becoming a threatening alarm for facing food challenges and …

[HTML][HTML] Cellulose-based nanomaterials advance biomedicine: a review

HN Abdelhamid, AP Mathew - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
There are various biomaterials, but none fulfills all requirements. Cellulose biopolymers
have advanced biomedicine to satisfy high market demand and circumvent many ecological …

[HTML][HTML] Cellulose-based hydrogels as sustained drug-delivery systems

DE Ciolacu, R Nicu, F Ciolacu - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Hydrogels, three-dimensional (3D) polymer networks, present unique properties, like
biocompatibility, biodegradability, tunable mechanical properties, sensitivity to various …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative study of gelatin hydrogels modified by various cross-linking agents

J Skopinska-Wisniewska, M Tuszynska… - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Gelatin is a natural biopolymer derived from collagen. Due to its many advantages, such as
swelling capacity, biodegradability, biocompatibility, and commercial availability, gelatin is …

Novel materials for urban farming

L Xi, M Zhang, L Zhang, TTS Lew… - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Scarcity of natural resources, shifting demographics, climate change, and increasing waste
are four major challenges in the quest to feed the exploding world population. These …

[HTML][HTML] Ex vivo transdermal delivery of nicotinamide mononucleotide using polyvinyl alcohol microneedles

F Sabbagh, BS Kim - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN), which has recently been spotlighted as an anti-aging
agent, is a precursor of the coenzyme nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide that plays an …