Polymer materials provide solutions to some of the most pressing environmental,
manufacturing and health-care challenges. Traditional thermoplastic and thermoset …

Successful materials design for bone-tissue engineering requires an understanding of the
composition and structure of native bone tissue, as well as appropriate selection of …

Reconstruction of bone defects, especially the critical-sized defects, with mechanical
integrity to the skeleton is important for a patient's rehabilitation, however, it still remains …

In the last half-century, the development of biodegradable polymeric materials for
biomedical applications has advanced significantly. Biodegradable polymeric materials are …

Tissue engineering has become a promising strategy for repairing damaged cartilage and
bone tissue. Among the scaffolds for tissue-engineering applications, injectable hydrogels …

Biomaterials have played an increasingly prominent role in the success of biomedical
devices and in the development of tissue engineering, which seeks to unlock the …

Hydrogels, a class of materials with a 3D network structure, are widely used in various fields
especially in biomedicine. Injectable hydrogels could facilitate the encapsulation and …

The desire and need to minimize traditional open surgeries is gearing up as it could reduce
the healthcare expenses and improve the recovery time for the patients. Minimal invasive …

Nanoparticulate functional materials offer manifold perspectives for the increasing
miniaturization and complexity of technical developments. Nanoparticles also make a major …

Inspired by physiological events that accompany the “wound healing cascade”, the concept
of developing a tissue either in vitro or in vivo has led to the integration of a wide variety of …