Cardiovascular tissue constructs provide unique design requirements due to their functional
responses to substrate mechanical properties and cyclic stretching behavior of cardiac …

Cellulose is world's most abundant, renewable and recyclable polysaccharide on earth.
Cellulose is composed of both amorphous and crystalline regions. Cellulose nanocrystals …

Four poly (L-lactide-co-ε-caprolactone)(PLCL) copolymers were synthesized at 120, 130,
140 and 150° C by ring opening polymerization using stannous octoate catalyst at a 2000: 1 …

In this work, crystallization, structural relaxation and thermal degradation kinetics of neat
Poly (l-lactide)(PLLA) and its nanocomposites with cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) and CNC …

The employment of biodegradable polymer scaffolds is one of the main approaches for
achieving a tissue engineered construct to reproduce bone tissues, which provide a three …

One catalyst, two reaction set‐ups, three monomers and unlimited macromolecular
microstructural designs: The iron guanidine complex [FeCl2 (TMG5NMe2asme)](1) …

In this study, a medical-grade poly (l-lactide-co-ε-caprolactone)(PLC) copolymer with a
monomer ratio of l-lactide (L) to ε-caprolactone (C) of 70: 30 mol% for use as an absorbable …

Electrospinning can produce nanofibrous scaffolds that mimic the architecture of the
extracellular matrix and support cell attachment for tissue engineering applications. In this …

In this work, we provide new insights into the ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of eutectic
mixtures of L-lactide and ε-caprolactone that lead to the synthesis of polymer blends and a …

Amphiphilic block copolymers have attracted a great deal of attention in drug delivery
systems. In this work, a series of monomethoxy-poly (ethylene glycol)-poly (ε-caprolactone …