[HTML][HTML] Femtosecond laser precision engineering: from micron, submicron, to nanoscale

Z Lin, M Hong - Ultrafast Science, 2021 - spj.science.org
As a noncontact strategy with flexible tools and high efficiency, laser precision engineering
is a significant advanced processing way for high-quality micro-/nanostructure fabrication …

Use of porous membranes in tissue barrier and co-culture models

HH Chung, M Mireles, BJ Kwarta, TR Gaborski - Lab on a Chip, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Porous membranes enable the partitioning of cellular microenvironments in vitro, while still
allowing physical and biochemical crosstalk between cells, a feature that is often necessary …

Surface modification of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) with a heparin-immobilized extracellular matrix (ECM) coating for small-diameter vascular grafts applications

C Yu, H Yang, L Wang, JA Thomson, LS Turng… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Intimal hyperplasia, thrombosis formation, and delayed endothelium regeneration are the
main causes that restrict the clinical applications of PTFE small-diameter vascular grafts …

Functional regeneration of tendons using scaffolds with physical anisotropy engineered via microarchitectural manipulation

Z Wang, WJ Lee, BTH Koh, M Hong, W Wang… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
Structural and hierarchical anisotropy underlies the structure-function relationship of most
living tissues. Attempts to exploit the interplay between cells and their immediate …

Advances in micro/nanoporous membranes for biomedical engineering

M Sun, K Han, R Hu, D Liu, W Fu… - Advanced healthcare …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Porous membrane materials at the micro/nanoscale have exhibited practical and potential
value for extensive biological and medical applications associated with filtration and …

Ultrathin transparent membranes for cellular barrier and co-culture models

RN Carter, SM Casillo, AR Mazzocchi… - …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Typical in vitro barrier and co-culture models rely upon thick semi-permeable polymeric
membranes that physically separate two compartments. Polymeric track-etched membranes …

Topographic guidance in melt-electrowritten tubular scaffolds enhances engineered kidney tubule performance

AM Van Genderen, K Jansen, M Kristen… - … in bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: To date, tubular tissue engineering relies on large, non-porous tubular
scaffolds (Ø> 2 mm) for mechanical self-support, or smaller (Ø 150–500 μm) tubes within …

Stretchable and biodegradable chitosan-polyurethane-cellulose nanofiber composites as anisotropic materials

YF Shih, SH Lin, J Xu, CJ Su, CF Huang… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chitosan is a naturally derived biodegradable polymer with abundancy, sustainability, and
ease of chemical modification. Polyurethanes are a family of elastic biocompatible polymers …

Surface patterning and innate physicochemical attributes of silk films concomitantly govern vascular cell dynamics

P Gupta, JC Moses, BB Mandal - ACS Biomaterials Science & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Functional impairment of vascular cells is associated with cardiovascular pathologies.
Recent literature clearly presents evidence relating cell microenvironment and their function …

Scaffold with micro/macro‐architecture for myocardial alignment engineering into complex 3D cell patterns

W Zhang, Z Wang, C Xie, X Wang, F Luo… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Tissue structural anisotropy is an important basis for heart function. Attempts to regenerate
the complicated heart‐tissue alignment has rarely featured macroscale 3D constructs …