Heart disease is the main cause of death worldwide. Because death of the myocardium is
irreversible, it remains a significant clinical challenge to rescue myocardial deficiency …

Poly (glycerol sebacate)(PGS) is a biodegradable polymer increasingly used in a variety of
biomedical applications. This polyester is prepared by polycondensation of glycerol and …

The design and fabrication of tissue engineering scaffolds is a highly complex process. In
order to provide a proper architecture for cells to grow, proliferate, and differentiate to form …

Materials presenting a negative Poisson's ratio (auxetics) have drawn attention for the past
two decades, especially in the field of lightweight composite structures and cellular media …

Porous scaffolds have recently attracted attention in bone tissue engineering. The implanted
scaffolds are supposed to satisfy the mechanical and biological requirements. In this study …

For patients with end-stage heart disease, the access to heart transplantation is limited due
to the shortage of donor organs and to the potential for rejection of the donated organ …

Microfabricated elastomeric scaffolds with 3D structural patterns are created by semi-
automated layer-by-layer assembly of planar polymer sheets with through-pores. The meso …

Abstract Poly (glycerol sebacate)(PGS), an emerging promising thermosetting polymer
synthesized from sebacic acid and glycerol, has attracted considerable attention due to its …

In the present work, we demonstrate that the mesoscopic in-plane mechanical behavior of
membrane elastomeric scaffolds can be simulated by replication of actual quantified fibrous …

Multi-layered poly (glycerol-sebacate)(PGS) scaffolds with controlled pore
microarchitectures were fabricated, combined with heart cells, and cultured with perfusion to …