Tissue engineering makes use of the principles of medicine, biology and engineering and
integrates them into the design of biological substitutes to restore, maintain and improve the …

Agarose is a natural polysaccharide polymer having unique characteristics that give reason
to consider it for tissue engineering applications. Special characteristics of agarose such as …

Poloxamers, also called Pluronic, belong to a unique class of synthetic tri-block copolymers
containing central hydrophobic chains of poly (propylene oxide) sandwiched between two …

A wide variety of smart polymer systems such as thermosensitive polymers (TSPs) have
been developed and applied mimicking nature. TSPs are a class of macromolecules that …

Failure of dental treatments is mainly due to the biofilm accumulated on the dental materials.
Many investigations have been conducted on the advancements of antimicrobial dental …

Tissue engineering endeavors to regenerate tissues and organs through appropriate
cellular and molecular interactions at biological interfaces. To this aim, bio-mimicking …

Biomedical engineering seeks to enhance the quality of life by develo** advanced
materials and technologies. Chitosan-based biomaterials have attracted significant attention …

Electroactive scaffolds derived from carbohydrate hydrogels were synthesized, resulting in a
large shift in the conductivity of chitosan (CS) from 10− 6 S/cm to about 10-3 S/cm, assigned …

Advanced biomaterials designed for tissue engineering are mostly precise polymers with
well-controlled surface and bulk properties. The need for extremely specific biomaterials …

The cellulose-reinforced poly (lactic acid)(PLA)-based films have been of great interest for
use as food packaging material. However, the semicrystalline behavior of both biobased …