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Electrically conductive nanofibers with highly oriented structures and their potential application in skeletal muscle tissue engineering
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Results demonstrated that a combined effect of both guidance cues was more effective than an individual cue, suggesting a potential use of A-PCL/PANi nanofibers for skeletal muscle regeneration.About:
This article is published in Acta Biomaterialia.The article was published on 2013-03-01. It has received 312 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nanofiber.read more
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Conductive polymers: towards a smart biomaterial for tissue engineering.
TL;DR: Focusing mainly on polypyrrole, polyaniline and poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene), this work reviews conductive polymers from the perspective of tissue engineering.
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Biomimetic electrospun nanofibrous structures for tissue engineering
TL;DR: This review provides a brief overview of current state-of-the-art research designing and using biomimetic electrospun nanofibers as scaffolds for tissue engineering.
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Conducting Polymers for Tissue Engineering
Baolin Guo,Peter X. Ma +1 more
TL;DR: The conductive biomaterials used in tissue engineering including conductive composite films, conductive nanofibers, Conductive hydrogels, and Conductive composite scaffolds fabricated by various methods such as electrospinning, coating, or deposition by in situ polymerization are summarized.
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Recent advances in biomaterials for 3D scaffolds: A review.
Maria P. Nikolova,Murthy Chavali +1 more
TL;DR: A comprehensive summary of recent trends in development of single- (metal, ceramics and polymers), composite-type and cell-laden scaffolds that in addition to mechanical support, promote simultaneous tissue growth, and deliver different molecules or cells with therapeutic or facilitating regeneration effect is offered.
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Electrospun polymer biomaterials
Jianxun Ding,Jin Zhang,Jiannan Li,Jiannan Li,Di Li,Chunsheng Xiao,Haihua Xiao,Huanghao Yang,Xiuli Zhuang,Xuesi Chen +9 more
TL;DR: A comprehensive overview of the recent progress and potential developments of electrospun polymer matrices and their application as biomaterials is presented in this paper, where the authors present a comprehensive overview.
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Electrospinning of Nanofibers: Reinventing the Wheel?†
Dan Li,Younan Xia +1 more
TL;DR: An overview of electrospinning can be found in this article, where the authors focus on progress achieved in the last three years and highlight some potential applications associated with the remarkable features of electro-spun nanofibers.
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The Design of Scaffolds for Use in Tissue Engineering. Part I. Traditional Factors
TL;DR: The authors analyze the factors necessary to enhance the design and manufacture of scaffolds for use in tissue engineering in terms of materials, structure, and mechanical properties and review the traditional scaffold fabrication methods.
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Conducting polymers in biomedical engineering
TL;DR: Although there remain many unanswered questions, particularly regarding the mechanisms by which electrical conduction through CPs affects cells, there is already compelling evidence to demonstrate the significant impact that CPs are starting to make in the biomedical field.
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Aligned biodegradable nanofibrous structure : a potential scaffold for blood vessel engineering
TL;DR: The results strongly suggest that this synthetic aligned matrix combines with the advantages of synthetic biodegradable polymers, nanometer-scale dimension mimicking the natural ECM and a defined architecture replicating the in vivo-like vascular structure, may represent an ideal tissue engineering scaffold, especially for blood vessel engineering.
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Stimulation of neurite outgrowth using an electrically conducting polymer
TL;DR: The electrically conductive polymer--oxidized polypyrrole (PP)--has been evaluated for use as a substrate to enhance nerve cell interactions in culture as a first step toward potentially using such polymers to stimulate in vivo nerve regeneration.