Vascular smooth muscle cells (vSMCs) play a crucial role in both the pathogenesis of
Aneurysms and Dissections of the ascending thoracic aorta (TAAD) in humans and in the …

Layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly has attracted much interest because of its ability to provide
nanoscale control over film characteristics and because of a wide choice of available …

Materials fabrication with nanoscale structural precision based on bottom-up-type self-
assembly has become more important in various current disciplines in chemistry including …

Hyaluronic acid (HA) and chitosan (CH) can form nanoparticles, hydrogels, microspheres,
sponges, and films, all with a wide range of biomedical applications. This variety of phases …

Prevention of pathogen colonization of medical implants is a major medical and financial
issue since infection by microorganisms constitutes one of the most serious complications …

Natural polymers are of great interest in the biomedical field due to their intrinsic properties
such as biodegradability, biocompatibility, and non-toxicity. Layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly …

Surface modification of biomaterials is a well‐known approach to enable an adequate
biointerface between the implant and the surrounding tissue, dictating the initial acceptance …

Cellular behavior is crucially dependent on the biophysical and biochemical properties of
the extracellular matrix (ECM), in which the properties of biochemistry, topography, and …

Tissue engineering approaches for the development of a single epidermal–dermal scaffold
to treat full‐thickness skin defects have been limited by difficulties in the fabrication of a …

The synthesis of functional polymers encoded with biomolecules has been an extensive
area of research for decades. As such, a diverse toolbox of polymerization techniques and …