PLA and its copolymers are commonly used for a wide variety of applications. While they are
considered to be biocompatible, side effects resulting from their implantation have been …

Understanding and controlling interfaces has proven to be key to a very wide range of
applications, from optical and electronic materials 1, 2 to energy storage and production, 3 …

The response of host organism in macroscopic, cellular and protein levels to biomaterials is,
in most cases, closely associated with the materials' surface properties. In tissue …

The frontier of surface and colloid science has moved to smaller and smaller regions and
deeper and deeper into the living world. It is a privilege to introduce the second edition of the …

Fabricating a porous scaffold with high surface area has been a major strategy in the tissue
engineering field. Among the many fabrication methods, electrospinning has become one of …

This review summarizes recent advances in the design and synthesis of novel complex
polymers with (meth) acrylic acid segments using various living and controlled …

The present invention is directed to a stabilized cross-linked hydrogel matrix comprising a
first high molecular weight component and a second high molecular weight component that …

Since a few decades, polymeric materials have played a central role in regenerative
medicine and tissue engineering as artificial tissue replacements and organ transplantation …

Mercury (Hg) is one of the most toxic metals found in water and sediments. In an effort to
develop an effective adsorbent for aqueous Hg removal, activated carbon (AC) was modified …

Novel scaffolds composed of poly (l-lactic acid)(PLLA) skeleton covered with bonelike
apatite or apatite/collagen composite were produced via a combined phase-separation …