A comprehensive review on recent advances in preparation, physicochemical characterization, and bioengineering applications of biopolymers

A Das, T Ringu, S Ghosh, N Pramanik - Polymer Bulletin, 2023 - Springer
Biopolymers are mainly the polymers which are created or obtained from living creatures
such as plants and bacteria rather than petroleum, which has traditionally been the source of …

Drug delivery systems and materials for wound healing applications

S Saghazadeh, C Rinoldi, M Schot, SS Kashaf… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2018 - Elsevier
Chronic, non-healing wounds place a significant burden on patients and healthcare
systems, resulting in impaired mobility, limb amputation, or even death. Chronic wounds …

Electrospun nanofibers promote wound healing: Theories, techniques, and perspectives

C Gao, L Zhang, J Wang, M **, Q Tang… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
At present, the clinical strategies for treating chronic wounds are limited, especially when it
comes to pain relief and rapid wound healing. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop …

Design challenges in polymeric scaffolds for tissue engineering

MI Echeverria Molina, KG Malollari… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Numerous surgical procedures are daily performed worldwide to replace and repair
damaged tissue. Tissue engineering is the field devoted to the regeneration of damaged …

Comparison of 2D and 3D cell culture models for cell growth, gene expression and drug resistance

JC Fontoura, C Viezzer, FG Dos Santos… - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In vitro drug screening is widely used in the development of new drugs, because they
constitute a cost-effective approach to select compounds with more potential for therapy …

Print me an organ! Why we are not there yet

WL Ng, CK Chua, YF Shen - Progress in Polymer Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Bioprinting offers a highly-automated and advanced manufacturing platform that facilitates
the deposition of bio-inks (living cells, biomaterials and growth factors) in a scalable and …

Environmentally friendly waterborne polyurethane nanofibrous membranes by emulsion electrospinning for waterproof and breathable textiles

W Zhou, X Gong, Y Li, Y Si, S Zhang, J Yu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
There is a growing demand worldwide on smart nanofibrous membranes with waterproof
and breathable performances owing to their wide potential in medical hygiene, wearable …

Melt electrospinning today: An opportune time for an emerging polymer process

TD Brown, PD Dalton, DW Hutmacher - Progress in Polymer Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Over the last decade, melt electrospinning has emerged as an alternative polymer
processing technology to alleviate concerns associated with solvents in traditional …

Double emulsion solvent evaporation techniques used for drug encapsulation

M Iqbal, N Zafar, H Fessi, A Elaissari - International journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Double emulsions are complex systems, also called “emulsions of emulsions”, in which the
droplets of the dispersed phase contain one or more types of smaller dispersed droplets …

Surface modification and endothelialization of biomaterials as potential scaffolds for vascular tissue engineering applications

X Ren, Y Feng, J Guo, H Wang, Q Li, J Yang… - Chemical Society …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Surface modification and endothelialization of vascular biomaterials are common
approaches that are used to both resist the nonspecific adhesion of proteins and improve …