Latest advances in cryogel technology for biomedical applications

A Memic, T Colombani, LJ Eggermont… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
There exists a technological need for advanced materials with improved properties for
emerging biomedical applications. Recent developments in macroporous materials have …

[HTML][HTML] Cryostructuring of polymeric systems. 50. Cryogels and cryotropic gel-formation: Terms and definitions

VI Lozinsky - Gels, 2018 - mdpi.com
A variety of cryogenically-structured polymeric materials are of significant scientific and
applied interest in various areas. However, in spite of considerable attention to these …

Synthesis and characterization of elastic and macroporous chitosan–gelatin cryogels for tissue engineering

N Kathuria, A Tripathi, KK Kar, A Kumar - Acta biomaterialia, 2009 - Elsevier
Elastic chitosan–gelatin cryogels of varying concentration of polymer precursors have been
synthesized using glutaraldehyde as a crosslinking agent. The optimum co-polymer ratio of …

Supermacroprous chitosan–agarose–gelatin cryogels: in vitro characterization and in vivo assessment for cartilage tissue engineering

S Bhat, A Tripathi, A Kumar - Journal of the Royal …, 2011 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The study focuses on the synthesis of a novel polymeric scaffold having good porosity and
mechanical characteristics synthesized by using natural polymers and their optimization for …

Highly elastic, electroconductive, immunomodulatory graphene crosslinked collagen cryogel for spinal cord regeneration

G Agarwal, N Kumar, A Srivastava - Materials Science and Engineering: C, 2021 - Elsevier
Novel amino-functionalized graphene crosslinked collagen based nerve conduit having
appropriate electric (3.8±0.2 mSiemens/cm) and mechanical cues (having young modulus …

Polymethacrylate monoliths for preparative and industrial separation of biomolecular assemblies

A Jungbauer, R Hahn - Journal of chromatography A, 2008 - Elsevier
Monoliths are considered as the fourth-generation chromatography material. Their use for
preparative separation of biomolecules has been evolved over the past decade. Monolithic …

A brief history of polymeric cryogels

VI Lozinsky - Polymeric cryogels: macroporous gels with remarkable …, 2014 - Springer
Polymeric cryogels, the gels formed in moderately frozen gelling systems, have been
empirically known for many decades, but systematic scientific research on various cryogels …

Evaluating potential of tissue‐engineered cryogels and chondrocyte derived exosomes in articular cartilage repair

A Nikhil, A Kumar - Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Treatment of articular cartilage injuries especially osteochondral tissue requires
intervention of bioengineered scaffold. In this study, we investigated the potential of the …

Graphene-collagen cryogel controls neuroinflammation and fosters accelerated axonal regeneration in spinal cord injury

G Agarwal, A Roy, H Kumar, A Srivastava - Biomaterials advances, 2022 - Elsevier
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating condition resulting in loss of motor function. The
pathology of SCI is multifaceted and involves a cascade of events, including …

Multi‐featured macroporous agarose–alginate cryogel: Synthesis and characterization for bioengineering applications

A Tripathi, A Kumar - Macromolecular bioscience, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
In this study agarose–alginate scaffolds are synthesized using cryogelation technology in
different formats like monolith, sheet, discs, and beads, and show amiable mechanical …