Poly (lactic acid) modifications

RM Rasal, AV Janorkar, DE Hirt - Progress in polymer science, 2010 - Elsevier
Poly (lactic acid) or polylactide (PLA) is the most extensively researched and utilized
biodegradable and renewable thermoplastic polyester, with potential to replace …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in the scaffolds fabrication techniques using biocompatible polymers and their biomedical application: A technical and statistical review

A Haider, S Haider, MR Kummara, T Kamal… - Journal of saudi …, 2020 - Elsevier
With the advancement in tissue engineering, researchers are working hard on new
techniques to fabricate more advanced scaffolds from biocompatible polymers with …

[HTML][HTML] Cell responses to surface and architecture of tissue engineering scaffolds

HI Chang, Y Wang - … medicine and tissue engineering-cells and …, 2011 - intechopen.com
Tissue engineering is an interdisciplinary field that combines the knowledge and technology
of cells, engineering materials, and suitable biochemical factor to create artificial organs and …

Design and fabrication of porous biodegradable scaffolds: a strategy for tissue engineering

V Raeisdasteh Hokmabad, S Davaran… - Journal of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Current strategies of tissue engineering are focused on the reconstruction and regeneration
of damaged or deformed tissues by grafting of cells with scaffolds and biomolecules …

Plasma surface modification of biodegradable polymers: a review

R Morent, N De Geyter, T Desmet… - Plasma processes …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Besides their use as packaging materials, biodegradable polymers can play a major role in
tissue engineering as three‐dimensional porous structures (scaffolds). The success of these …

The biomedical potential of cellulose acetate/polyurethane nanofibrous mats containing reduced graphene oxide/silver nanocomposites and curcumin: Antimicrobial …

E Esmaeili, T Eslami-Arshaghi, S Hosseinzadeh… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, nanofibrous scaffolds were prepared from polyurethane and cellulose acetate
using electrospinning. Reduced graphene oxide/silver nanocomposites, rGO/Ag, were also …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of plasma treatment on the surface properties of polylactic acid films

V Luque-Agudo, M Hierro-Oliva, AM Gallardo-Moreno… - Polymer Testing, 2021 - Elsevier
Plasma treatment is one of the methods currently used to obtain polymeric materials with
surface properties appropriate to the functionality for which they were designed. However …

Development of microspheres for biomedical applications: a review

KMZ Hossain, U Patel, I Ahmed - Progress in biomaterials, 2015 - Springer
An overview of microspheres manufactured for use in biomedical applications based on
recent literature is presented in this review. Different types of glasses (ie silicate, borate, and …

Polylactic acid (PLA) synthesis and modifications: a review

Y Cheng, S Deng, P Chen, R Ruan - Frontiers of chemistry in China, 2009 - Springer
This article reviews various methods of synthesizing polycondensation and ring-opening
polymerization and modifying properties of polylactic acid (PLA), which may be used as …

Plasma surface modification of biomedical polymers: influence on cell-material interaction

T Jacobs, R Morent, N De Geyter, P Dubruel… - Plasma chemistry and …, 2012 - Springer
Polymers are commonly used in industry because of their excellent bulk properties, such as
strength and good resistance to chemicals. Their surface properties are for most application …