Emulsion electrospinning for producing dome-shaped structures within l-tyrosine polyurethane scaffolds for gene delivery

JA Smolen - 2010 - rave.ohiolink.edu
Electrospun-fiber scaffolds have demonstrated great potential as platforms for wound
healing and tissue engineering due to their high porosity, strong mechanical properties, and …

Electrospinning of novel biodegradable poly (ester urethane) s and poly (ester urethane urea) s for soft tissue-engineering applications

PC Caracciolo, V Thomas, YK Vohra, F Buffa… - Journal of Materials …, 2009 - Springer
The development of biomimetic highly-porous scaffolds is essential for successful tissue
engineering. Segmented poly (ester urethane) s and poly (ester urethane urea) s have been …

Melt electrospinning of biodegradable polyurethane scaffolds

A Karchin, FI Simonovsky, BD Ratner, JE Sanders - Acta Biomaterialia, 2011 - Elsevier
Electrospinning from a melt, in contrast to from a solution, is an attractive tissue engineering
scaffold manufacturing process as it allows for the formation of small diameter fibers while …

Fabrication and Degradation of Electrospun Scaffolds from L‐Tyrosine‐Based Polyurethane Blends for Tissue Engineering Applications

M Spagnuolo, L Liu - International Scholarly Research Notices, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
It is important to control the degradation rate of a tissue‐engineered scaffold so that the
scaffold will degrade in an appropriate matching rate as the tissue cells grow in. A set of …

Electrospun fibrous polyurethane scaffolds in tissue engineering

Y Hong - Advances in polyurethane biomaterials, 2016 - Elsevier
Electrospinning is a popular and attractive technique for processing polymers into fibrous
scaffolds mimicking the extracellular matrix of native tissue. Biodegradable linear …

Electrospinning of L-tyrosine polyurethanes for potential biomedical applications

PN Shah, RL Manthe, ST Lopina, YH Yun - Polymer, 2009 - Elsevier
Biodegradable segmented l-tyrosine polyurethanes (LTUs) have been developed using a
tyrosine based chain extender desaminotyrosine-tyrosyl-hexyl ester (DTH). Two such …

Technology of electrostatic spinning for the production of polyurethane tissue engineering scaffolds

KD Andrews, JA Hunt, RA Black - Polymer International, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Electrostatic spinning was investigated as an alternative to electrospinning to establish the
potential of the technique for the production of a range of microfibrous polyurethane …

Electrospinning of unidirectionally and orthogonally aligned thermoplastic polyurethane nanofibers: Fiber orientation and cell migration

HY Mi, MR Salick, X Jing, WC Crone… - … research Part A, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Unidirectionally and orthogonally aligned thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) nanofibers
were electrospun using a custom‐built electrospinning device. The unidirectionally aligned …

Enhancement of synthesis of extracellular matrix proteins on retinoic acid loaded electrospun scaffolds

FFR Damanik, C van Blitterswijk, J Rotmans… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrospinning is a renowned technique for the generation of ultrafine, micro-and
nanoscale fibres due to its simplicity, versatility and tunability. Owing to its adaptability to a …

Functionally modified, melt‐electrospun thermoplastic polyurethane mats for wound‐dressing applications

C Hacker, Z Karahaliloglu, G Seide… - Journal of Applied …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The electrospinning of a polymer melt is an interesting process for medical applications
because it eliminates the cytotoxic effects of solvents in the electrospinning solution. Wound …