Elastic sealants for surgical applications

N Annabi, K Yue, A Tamayol… - European journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Sealants have emerged as promising candidates for replacing sutures and staples to
prevent air and liquid leakages during and after the surgeries. Their physical properties and …

Poly (glycerol sebacate) biomaterial: synthesis and biomedical applications

XJ Loh, AA Karim, C Owh - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The recently developed poly (glycerol sebacate)(PGS) has been gaining attraction as a
biomaterial for tissue engineering applications. Reported in 2002, a simple …

Biomimetic poly (glycerol sebacate)/poly (l-lactic acid) blend scaffolds for adipose tissue engineering

M Frydrych, S Román, S MacNeil, B Chen - Acta Biomaterialia, 2015 - Elsevier
Large three-dimensional poly (glycerol sebacate)(PGS)/poly (l-lactic acid)(PLLA) scaffolds
with similar bulk mechanical properties to native low and high stress adapted adipose tissue …

Poly (glycerol sebacate)-modified polylactic acid scaffolds with improved hydrophilicity, mechanical strength and bioactivity for bone tissue regeneration

H Shi, Q Gan, X Liu, Y Ma, J Hu, Y Yuan, C Liu - RSC advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Polylactic acid (PLA) has been extensively researched in biomedical engineering
applications due to its superior mechanical strength and biocompatibility in vivo. But the …

A thixotropic polyglycerol sebacate-based supramolecular hydrogel showing UCST behavior

H Ye, C Owh, XJ Loh - Rsc Advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Polyglycerol sebacate (PGS) is a relatively new biodegradable and elastomeric material that
exhibits superior biocompatibility, a modulus that is comparable to human soft tissue, and …

[HTML][HTML] Toward organic electronics with properties inspired by biological tissue

TF O'Connor, KM Rajan, AD Printz… - Journal of Materials …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The carbon framework common to both organic semiconductors and biological structures
suggests that these two classes of materials should be easily integrated. Substantial work …

Thermoresponsive, stretchable, biodegradable and biocompatible poly (glycerol sebacate)-based polyurethane hydrogels

M Frydrych, S Román, NH Green, S MacNeil… - Polymer …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoresponsive, stretchable, biodegradable and biocompatible polyester-based
polyurethane (PEU) hydrogels, based on poly (glycerol sebacate) pre-polymer and poly …

Considerations on designing scaffold for tissue engineering

D Rana, S Arulkumar, A Vishwakarma… - Stem cell biology and …, 2015 - Elsevier
A scaffold is a three-dimensional (3D) structure having extracellular matrix (ECM) mimicking
properties both chemically and biologically. Ideally, scaffold matrices should: support cell …

Osteoblast compatibility of minerals substituted hydroxyapatite reinforced poly (sorbitol sebacate adipate) nanocomposites for bone tissue application

D Govindaraj, M Rajan, MA Munusamy… - RSC Advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The main focus of this investigation is to explore minerals (M) substituted hydroxyapatite (M-
HAP) as reinforcing agents to strengthen poly (sorbitol sebacate adipate)(PSSA), a …

Photopatternable biodegradable aliphatic polyester with pendent benzophenone groups

D Chen, CC Chang, B Cooper, A Silvers… - …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Highly efficient photo-cross-linking reactions enable numerous applications in biomaterials.
Here, a photopatternable biodegradable aliphatic polyester with benzophenone pendent …