Biopolymer-based functional composites for medical applications
TL;DR: This article provides comprehensive knowledge and highlights recent research on functional biopolymer composites used in various medical applications, such as tissue engineering comprising skin, bone, cartilage, vascular graft, and other organs, implantable medical devices including stent and barrier membrane, and some delivery systems of bioactive agents.
About: This article is published in Progress in Polymer Science.The article was published on 2017-05-01. It has received 247 citations till now.
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TL;DR: Incorporating gold nanowires into scaffolds used to create heart patches can improve electrical communication between cells and enhance the growth of tissues as discussed by the authors, which can improve the electrical communication among cells.
Abstract: Incorporating gold nanowires into scaffolds used to create heart patches can improve electrical communication between cells and enhance the growth of tissues.
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TL;DR: Atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) has been successfully employed for the preparation of various advanced materials with controlled architecture as discussed by the authors, such as thermoplastic elastomers, nanostructured carbons, surfactants, dispersants, functionalized surfaces, and biorelated materials.
Abstract: Atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) has been successfully employed for the preparation of various advanced materials with controlled architecture. New catalysts with strongly enhanced activity permit more environmentally benign ATRP procedures using ppm levels of catalyst. Precise control over polymer composition, topology, and incorporation of site specific functionality enables synthesis of well-defined gradient, block, comb copolymers, polymers with (hyper)branched structures including stars, densely grafted molecular brushes or networks, as well as inorganic-organic hybrid materials and bioconjugates. Examples of specific applications of functional materials include thermoplastic elastomers, nanostructured carbons, surfactants, dispersants, functionalized surfaces, and biorelated materials.
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TL;DR: The motive of this paper is to shimmer light on some aspects of biopolymers that include its classes, properties, composites and applications.
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TL;DR: This paper reviews the state-of-the-art in terms of 3D printing technology using natural-derived feedstocks, including lignocellulose, starch, algae, and chitosan-based biopolymers, and proposes a strategical development roadmap with identified material property requirements, key challenges, as well as possible solutions.
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TL;DR: Detailed requirements of scaffold materials for bone tissue engineering are reviewed, and comprehensive knowledge and highlights of current research on bacterial cellulose composites used for tissue engineering and the potentials ofacterial cellulose for bone regeneration including other nanoparticles incorporated are provided.
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