Progress toward robust polymer hydrogels

S Naficy, HR Brown, JM Razal… - Australian Journal of …, 2011 - CSIRO Publishing
In this review we highlight new developments in tough hydrogel materials in terms of their
enhanced mechanical performance and their corresponding toughening mechanisms …

Biomimetic materials for bone tissue engineering–state of the art and future trends

T Cordonnier, J Sohier, P Rosset… - Advanced Engineering …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Bone tissue engineering is extremely promising for regenerating large bone defects in
orthopedic or maxillofacial surgery. It consists of harvesting, culturing and differentiating …

The performance of human mesenchymal stem cells encapsulated in cell-degradable polymer-peptide hydrogels

SB Anderson, CC Lin, DV Kuntzler, KS Anseth - Biomaterials, 2011 - Elsevier
Thiol-ene photopolymerization offers a unique platform for the formation of peptide-
functionalized poly (ethylene glycol) hydrogels and the encapsulation, culture and …

Laser fabrication of three-dimensional CAD scaffolds from photosensitive gelatin for applications in tissue engineering

A Ovsianikov, A Deiwick, S Van Vlierberghe… - …, 2011 - ACS Publications
In the present work, 3D CAD scaffolds for tissue engineering applications were developed
starting from methacrylamide-modified gelatin (GelMOD) using two-photon polymerization …

Rapid construction of three‐dimensional multilayered tissues with endothelial tube networks by the cell‐accumulation technique

A Nishiguchi, H Yoshida, M Matsusaki… - Advanced …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The in vitro construction of living tissue or organ models, which are highly organized with
various types of cells and extracellular matrices (ECM) and allow for the evaluation of tissue …

Network connectivity, mechanical properties and cell adhesion for hyaluronic acid/PEG hydrogels

S Ouasti, R Donno, F Cellesi, MJ Sherratt, G Terenghi… - Biomaterials, 2011 - Elsevier
The study aimed to explore the influence of the network architecture on the mechanical
properties and degradability of HA/PEG gels, and to highlight the relationship between …

Laser fabrication of 3D gelatin scaffolds for the generation of bioartificial tissues

A Ovsianikov, A Deiwick, S Van Vlierberghe, M Pflaum… - Materials, 2011 - mdpi.com
In the present work, the two-photon polymerization (2PP) technique was applied to develop
precisely defined biodegradable 3D tissue engineering scaffolds. The scaffolds were …

Direct Synthesis of Biodegradable Polysaccharide Derivative Hydrogels through Aqueous Diels‐Alder Chemistry

H Tan, JP Rubin, KG Marra - Macromolecular Rapid …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
A robust synthetic strategy where polysaccharide derivative precursors react through
aqueous Diels–Alder chemistry without the involvement of catalysts and coupling reagents …

SPARC-derived protease substrates to enhance the plasmin sensitivity of molecularly engineered PEG hydrogels

J Patterson, JA Hubbell - Biomaterials, 2011 - Elsevier
Bioactive hydrogels formed from the Michael-type addition reactions of end-functionalized
poly (ethylene glycol) macromers with thiol-containing protease-sensitive peptide …

Modulating biofunctional starPEG heparin hydrogels by varying size and ratio of the constituents

PB Welzel, S Prokoph, A Zieris, M Grimmer… - Polymers, 2011 - mdpi.com
Heparin and four-armed, end-functionalized polyethylene glycol (starPEG) were recently
combined in sets of covalently linked biohybrid hydrogel networks capable of directing …