Alginate: properties and biomedical applications
Kuen Yong Lee,David J. Mooney +1 more
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This review will provide a comprehensive overview of general properties of alginate and its hydrogels, their biomedical applications, and suggest new perspectives for future studies with these polymers.About:
This article is published in Progress in Polymer Science.The article was published on 2012-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 5372 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Self-healing hydrogels.read more
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Collagen-based fibrillar multilayer films cross-linked by a natural agent.
Christophe Chaubaroux,Christophe Chaubaroux,Engin Vrana,Engin Vrana,Christian Debry,Pierre Schaaf,Bernard Senger,Bernard Senger,Jean-Claude Voegel,Jean-Claude Voegel,Youssef Haikel,Youssef Haikel,Christian Ringwald,Christian Ringwald,Joseph Hemmerlé,Joseph Hemmerlé,Philippe Lavalle,Philippe Lavalle,Fouzia Boulmedais +18 more
TL;DR: It is possible with the defined system to build fibrillar structures with a nanoscale control of film thickness, which would be useful for in vivo applications such as inner lining of lumens for vascular and tracheal implants.
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Micro/nano-hierarchical scaffold fabricated using a cell electrospinning/3D printing process for co-culturing myoblasts and HUVECs to induce myoblast alignment and differentiation.
Miji Yeo,GeunHyung Kim +1 more
TL;DR: Here, cell electrospinning was employed to achieve not only the homogeneous human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) distribution with a high cell-viability, but also highly aligned topographical cue.
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Current status of three-dimensional printing inks for soft tissue regeneration
TL;DR: It is expected that 3D printed constructs will be able to replace as well as regenerate defective tissues or injured functional tissues and organs.
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Structuring of hydrogels across multiple length scales for biomedical applications
Megan E. Cooke,Simon W. Jones,Britt ter Horst,Naiem Moiemen,Martyn Snow,Gurpreet Chouhan,Lisa J Hill,Maryam Esmaeli,Richard J. A. Moakes,James Holton,Rajpal Nandra,Richard L. Williams,Alan M. Smith,Liam M. Grover +13 more
TL;DR: Here, the focus is on the structuring of soft materials at multiple length scales by modifying processing conditions that enables the development of a range of novel materials and structures for tissue augmentation and regeneration.
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Deconstruction and Reassembly of Renewable Polymers and Biocolloids into Next Generation Structured Materials.
Blaise L. Tardy,Bruno D. Mattos,Caio G. Otoni,Caio G. Otoni,Marco Beaumont,Marco Beaumont,Johanna Majoinen,Tero Kämäräinen,Orlando J. Rojas,Orlando J. Rojas +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, a review of the most recent developments in supramolecular and supraparticle structures obtained from natural, renewable biopolymers as well as their disassembly and reassembly into engineered materials is presented.
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