Advances and applications of biodegradable elastomers in regenerative medicine

MC Serrano, EJ Chung… - Advanced Functional …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
When elastomers were first proposed as useful materials for regenerative medicine a few
decades ago, their high versatility and suitability for a diverse and wide range of in vivo …

Modified Gellan Gum hydrogels with tunable physical and mechanical properties

DF Coutinho, SV Sant, H Shin, JT Oliveira, ME Gomes… - Biomaterials, 2010 - Elsevier
Gellan Gum (GG) has been recently proposed for tissue engineering applications. GG
hydrogels are produced by physical crosslinking methods induced by temperature variation …

Tailoring the mechanical properties of 3D‐designed poly (glycerol sebacate) scaffolds for cartilage applications

JM Kemppainen, SJ Hollister - … Part A: An Official Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Matching tissue engineering scaffold modulus to that of native tissue is highly desirable.
Effective scaffold modulus can be altered through changes in base material modulus and/or …

Synthesis and characterization of a biodegradable elastomer featuring a dual crosslinking mechanism

RT Tran, P Thevenot, D Gyawali, JC Chiao, L Tang… - Soft matter, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
The need for advanced materials in emerging technologies such as tissue engineering has
prompted increased research to produce novel biodegradable polymers elastic in nature …

Biomaterials-based microfluidics for engineered tissue constructs

CJ Bettinger, JT Borenstein - Soft Matter, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
The utility of microfluidics in biotechnology has dramatically increased in recent years as
these systems have expanded to supplement efforts in lab-on-a-chip technology. The driving …

A comparison of the influence of material on in vitro cartilage tissue engineering with PCL, PGS, and POC 3D scaffold architecture seeded with chondrocytes

CG Jeong, SJ Hollister - Biomaterials, 2010 - Elsevier
The goal of this study was to determine material effects on cartilage regeneration for
scaffolds with the same controlled architecture. The 3D polycaprolactone (PCL), poly …

One-step syntheses of photocurable polyesters based on a renewable resource

DG Barrett, TJ Merkel, JC Luft, MN Yousaf - Macromolecules, 2010 - ACS Publications
The facile design of polyester biomaterials has emerged as an important aspect of polymer
synthesis. As opposed to thermoplastics, thermosets are especially attractive for applications …

A functionalizable polyester with free hydroxyl groups and tunable physiochemical and biological properties

Z You, H Cao, J Gao, PH Shin, BW Day, Y Wang - Biomaterials, 2010 - Elsevier
Polyesters with free functional groups allow facile modifications with biomolecules, which
can lead to versatile biomaterials that afford controlled interactions with cells and tissues …

Ultraviolet light crosslinking of poly (trimethylene carbonate) for elastomeric tissue engineering scaffolds

E Bat, BHM Kothman, GA Higuera, CA van Blitterswijk… - Biomaterials, 2010 - Elsevier
A practical method of photocrosslinking high molecular weight poly (trimethylene
carbonate)(PTMC) is presented. Flexible, elastomeric and biodegradable networks could be …

Citric-acid-derived photo-cross-linked biodegradable elastomers

D Gyawali, RT Tran, KJ Guleserian… - Journal of Biomaterials …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Citric-acid-derived thermally cross-linked biodegradable elastomers (CABEs) have recently
received significant attention in various biomedical applications, including tissue …