Wound healing: from passive to smart dressings

M Farahani, A Shafiee - Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The universal increase in the number of patients with nonhealing skin wounds imposes a
huge social and economic burden on the patients and healthcare systems. Although, the …

Recent progress in protective membranes fabricated via electrospinning: advanced materials, biomimetic structures, and functional applications

S Shi, Y Si, Y Han, T Wu, MI Iqbal, B Fei… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Electrospinning is a significant micro/nanofiber processing technology and has been rapidly
develo** in the past 2 decades. It has several applications, including advanced sensing …

Biobased polyurethanes for biomedical applications

S Wendels, L Avérous - Bioactive Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Polyurethanes (PUs) are a major family of polymers displaying a wide spectrum of physico-
chemical, mechanical and structural properties for a large range of fields. They have shown …

Shape‐memory polymers for biomedical applications

J Delaey, P Dubruel… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
One of the most promising fields for shape‐memory polymers is the biomedical field. Shape‐
memory polymers that can be triggered by various (physiological) conditions such as …

Advancements in nanofibers for wound dressing: A review

RS Ambekar, B Kandasubramanian - European Polymer Journal, 2019 - Elsevier
Chronic wound healing is an intricate time-consuming process (healing time∼ 12 weeks),
susceptible to external biological attack such as bacteria (eg E. coli, B. subtilis, S. aureus …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of bio-based polyurethanes: Perspective on applications and bio-degradation

R Kaur, P Singh, S Tanwar, G Varshney, S Yadav - Macromol, 2022 - mdpi.com
Among numerous synthetic macromolecules, polyurethane in its different forms has proven
its sheer dominance and established a reputation as a reliable and trusted material due to …

Nanomedicine and advanced technologies for burns: Preventing infection and facilitating wound healing

MAM Jahromi, PS Zangabad, SMM Basri… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2018 - Elsevier
According to the latest report from the World Health Organization, an estimated 265,000
deaths still occur every year as a direct result of burn injuries. A widespread range of these …

Electrospun nanofibers of natural and synthetic polymers as artificial extracellular matrix for tissue engineering

M Keshvardoostchokami, SS Majidi, P Huo… - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Many types of polymer nanofibers have been introduced as artificial extracellular matrices.
Their controllable properties, such as wettability, surface charge, transparency, elasticity …

Chitosan: an update on potential biomedical and pharmaceutical applications

RCF Cheung, TB Ng, JH Wong, WY Chan - Marine drugs, 2015 - mdpi.com
Chitosan is a natural polycationic linear polysaccharide derived from chitin. The low
solubility of chitosan in neutral and alkaline solution limits its application. Nevertheless …

Electrospun nanofibers for wound healing

M Liu, XP Duan, YM Li, DP Yang, YZ Long - Materials Science and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Electrospinning has been widely used as a nanofiber fabrication technique. Its simple
process, cost effectiveness and versatility have appealed to materials scientists globally …