Biodegradable polymers—an overview

S Doppalapudi, A Jain, W Khan… - Polymers for Advanced …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The revelation of biodegradable polymers dates back to many years ago. From then, their
emergence leads to the surge of many biomaterials applicable in various fields like …

Thermal degradation and stability of starch under different processing conditions

X Liu, Y Wang, L Yu, Z Tong, L Chen, H Liu… - Starch‐Stärke, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The objectives of this paper are to review the thermal degradation and stability of starch and
starch‐based materials, including both fundamental sciences such as detecting techniques …

Morphological and mechanical properties of electrospun polycaprolactone scaffolds: Effect of applied voltage

LA Can-Herrera, AI Oliva, MAA Dzul-Cervantes… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
The aim of this work is to investigate the effect of the applied voltage on the morphological
and mechanical properties of electrospun polycaprolactone (PCL) scaffolds for potential use …

Evaluation of nanofibrous scaffolds obtained from blends of chitosan, gelatin and polycaprolactone for skin tissue engineering

S Gomes, G Rodrigues, G Martins, C Henriques… - International journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Polymer blending is a strategy commonly used to obtain hybrid materials possessing
properties better than those of the individual constituents regarding their use in scaffolds for …

Chitosan/Poly (ɛ-caprolactone) blend scaffolds for cartilage repair

SC Neves, LSM Teixeira, L Moroni, RL Reis… - Biomaterials, 2011 - Elsevier
Chitosan (CHT)/poly (ɛ-caprolactone)(PCL) blend 3D fiber-mesh scaffolds were studied as
possible support structures for articular cartilage tissue (ACT) repair. Micro-fibers were …

Chitosan–amylopectin/hydroxyapatite and chitosan–chondroitin sulphate/hydroxyapatite composite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering

J Venkatesan, R Pallela, I Bhatnagar, SK Kim - International journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Over the past few decades, artificial graft materials for bone tissue engineering are gaining
much importance. In this study, tri-component scaffolds of chitosan/natural hydroxyapatite …

Electrospinning of PCL/PVP blends for tissue engineering scaffolds

GM Kim, KHT Le, SM Giannitelli, YJ Lee… - Journal of Materials …, 2013 - Springer
Currently, one of the main drawbacks of using poly (ε-caprolactone) in the biomedical and
pharmaceutical fields is represented by its low biodegradation rate. To overcome this …

Electrospun polycaprolactone/chitosan scaffolds for nerve tissue engineering: physicochemical characterization and Schwann cell biocompatibility

E Bolaina-Lorenzo, C Martinez-Ramos… - Biomedical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Electrospun polycaprolactone (PCL)/chitosan (CH) blend scaffolds with different CH
weight ratios were prepared to study the effect of scaffold composition on its …

Phase composition and interface of starch–gelatin blends studied by synchrotron FTIR micro-spectroscopy

N Zhang, X Liu, L Yu, R Shanks, E Petinaks… - Carbohydrate polymers, 2013 - Elsevier
The well recognized complex issue of compatibility between starch and gelatin was
investigated based on their interface and phase composition using synchrotron FTIR micro …

Biomimetic design of bioartificial scaffolds for the in vitro modelling of human cardiac fibrosis

M Spedicati, G Ruocco, A Zoso, L Mortati… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In vitro models of pathological cardiac tissue have attracted interest as predictive platforms
for preclinical validation of therapies. However, models reproducing specific pathological …