Designing electrospun nanofiber mats to promote wound healing–a review

KA Rieger, NP Birch, JD Schiffman - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Current strategies to treat chronic wounds offer limited relief to the 7.75 million patients who
suffer from burns or chronic skin ulcers. Thus, as long as chronic wounds remain a global …

Cell–material interactions revealed via material techniques of surface patterning

X Yao, R Peng, J Ding - Advanced materials, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Cell–material interactions constitute a key fundamental topic in biomaterials study. Various
cell cues and matrix cues as well as soluble factors regulate cell behaviors on materials …

Adaptive fluid-infused porous films with tunable transparency and wettability

X Yao, Y Hu, A Grinthal, TS Wong, L Mahadevan… - Nature materials, 2013 - nature.com
Materials that adapt dynamically to environmental changes are currently limited to two-state
switching of single properties, and only a small number of strategies that may lead to …

Nanotopography-guided tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

HN Kim, A Jiao, NS Hwang, MS Kim, DH Kim… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2013 - Elsevier
Human tissues are intricate ensembles of multiple cell types embedded in complex and well-
defined structures of the extracellular matrix (ECM). The organization of ECM is frequently …

Health and ecosystem risks of graphene

X Hu, Q Zhou - Chemical reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
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The synergistic effect of hierarchical micro/nano-topography and bioactive ions for enhanced osseointegration

W Zhang, G Wang, Y Liu, X Zhao, D Zou, C Zhu, Y Jin… - Biomaterials, 2013 - Elsevier
Both surface chemistry and topography have significant influence on good and fast
osseointegration of biomedical implants; the main goals in orthopeadic, dental and …

Nanomaterial scaffolds for stem cell proliferation and differentiation in tissue engineering

C Zhao, A Tan, G Pastorin, HK Ho - Biotechnology advances, 2013 - Elsevier
Tissue engineering is a clinically driven field and has emerged as a potential alternative to
organ transplantation. The cornerstone of successful tissue engineering rests upon two …

Bio‐origami hydrogel scaffolds composed of photocrosslinked PEG bilayers

M Jamal, SS Kadam, R Xiao, F Jivan… - Advanced …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We describe the self‐folding of photopatterned poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG)‐based hydrogel
bilayers into curved and anatomically relevant micrometer‐scale geometries. The PEG …

Effect of RGD nanospacing on differentiation of stem cells

X Wang, C Yan, K Ye, Y He, Z Li, J Ding - Biomaterials, 2013 - Elsevier
Nanopatterns of a cell-adhesive peptide arginine–glycine–aspartate (RGD) on a persistently
non-fouling poly (ethylene glycol) hydrogel were prepared, and behaviours of mesenchymal …

[HTML][HTML] Cellular nanotechnology: making biological interfaces smarter

PM Mendes - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Recently, there has been an outburst of research on engineered cell–material interfaces
driven by nanotechnology and its tools and techniques. This tutorial review begins by …