Conductive polymers: opportunities and challenges in biomedical applications

T Nezakati, A Seifalian, A Tan, AM Seifalian - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Research pertaining to conductive polymers has gained significant traction in recent years,
and their applications range from optoelectronics to material science. For all intents and …

From nano to micro to macro: Electrospun hierarchically structured polymeric fibers for biomedical applications

G Yang, X Li, Y He, J Ma, G Ni, S Zhou - Progress in Polymer Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Hierarchically structured polymer fibers encompassing 1-D, 2-D, and 3-D structures with at
least one dimension nano-to micro-meters in size have recently received an increasing …

Fabrication of scaffolds in tissue engineering: A review

P Zhao, H Gu, H Mi, C Rao, J Fu, L Turng - Frontiers of Mechanical …, 2018 - Springer
Tissue engineering (TE) is an integrated discipline that involves engineering and natural
science in the development of biological materials to replace, repair, and improve the …

Progress in electrospun fibers for manipulating cell behaviors

Y Liu, Q Guo, X Zhang, Y Wang, X Mo, T Wu - Advanced Fiber Materials, 2023 - Springer
The manipulation of cell behaviors is essential to maintaining cell functions, which plays a
critical role in repairing and regenerating damaged tissue. To this end, a rich variety of tissue …

Unprecedented access to strong and ductile poly (lactic acid) by introducing in situ nanofibrillar poly (butylene succinate) for green packaging

L Xie, H Xu, B Niu, X Ji, J Chen, ZM Li… - …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The notion of toughening poly (lactic acid)(PLA) by adding flexible biopolymers has
generated enormous interest but has yielded few desirable advances, mainly blocked by the …

Shish-kebab-structured poly (ε-caprolactone) nanofibers hierarchically decorated with chitosan–poly (ε-caprolactone) copolymers for bone tissue engineering

X Jing, HY Mi, XC Wang, XF Peng… - ACS applied materials & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
In this work, scaffolds with a shish-kebab (SK) structure formed by poly (ε-
caprolactone)(PCL) nanofibers and chitosan–PCL (CS–PCL) copolymers were prepared via …

Effects of aligned and random fibers with different diameter on cell behaviors

X Li, X Wang, D Yao, J Jiang, X Guo, Y Gao, Q Li… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2018 - Elsevier
Tissue-engineered vascular grafts show promise as a treatment for patients with diseased or
damaged arteries. The formation of a confluent endothelium lumen on scaffold is one of the …

Electrospun PVA fibers for drug delivery: A review

FT Zahra, Q Quick, R Mu - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Innovation in biomedical science is always a field of interest for researchers. Drug delivery,
being one of the key areas of biomedical science, has gained considerable significance …

Cardiac stem cell patch integrated with microengineered blood vessels promotes cardiomyocyte proliferation and neovascularization after acute myocardial infarction

T Su, K Huang, MA Daniele, MT Hensley… - … applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Cardiac stem cell (CSC) therapy has shown preclinical and clinical evidence for ischemic
heart repair but is limited by low cellular engraftment and survival after transplantation …

Biomimetic composite scaffolds based on mineralization of hydroxyapatite on electrospun poly (ɛ-caprolactone)/nanocellulose fibers

J Si, Z Cui, Q Wang, Q Liu, C Liu - Carbohydrate polymers, 2016 - Elsevier
A biomimetic nanocomposite scaffold with HA formation on the electrospun poly (ɛ-
caprolactone)(PCL)/nanocellulose (NC) fibrous matrix was developed in this study. The …