[HTML][HTML] Advances in engineering human tissue models

CM Moysidou, C Barberio, RM Owens - Frontiers in bioengineering …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Research in cell biology greatly relies on cell-based in vitro assays and models that facilitate
the investigation and understanding of specific biological events and processes under …

Microfluidics for flexible electronics

J Guo, Y Yu, L Cai, Y Wang, K Shi, L Shang, J Pan… - Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Flexible electronics has extensively drawn attention in an extremely wide range of areas due
to its unique advantages like portability, biocompatibility, wearability, and superior …

[HTML][HTML] Stiff and tough PDMS-MMT layered nanocomposites visualized by AIE luminogens

J Peng, AP Tomsia, L Jiang, BZ Tang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is a widely used soft material that exhibits excellent stability
and transparency. But the difficulty of fine-tuning its Young's modulus and its low toughness …

[HTML][HTML] Applications of 3D bioprinting in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

G Saini, N Segaran, JL Mayer, A Saini… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Regenerative medicine is an emerging field that centers on the restoration and regeneration
of functional components of damaged tissue. Tissue engineering is an application of …

Spin-coated freestanding films for biomedical applications

J Moreira, AC Vale, NM Alves - Journal of materials chemistry B, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Spin-coating is a widely employed technique for the fabrication of thin-film coatings over
large areas with smooth and homogeneous surfaces. In recent years, research has …

Building three-dimensional lung models for studying pharmacokinetics of inhaled drugs

AS Barros, A Costa, B Sarmento - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Drug development is a critical step in the development pipeline of pharmaceutical industry,
commonly performed in traditional cell culture and animal models. Though, those models …

3‐dimensional printing of hydrogel‐based nanocomposites: a comprehensive review on the technology description, properties, and applications

S Soleymani Eil Bakhtiari… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing demand for customized implants and tissue scaffolds requires advanced
biomaterials and fabricating processes for fabricating three‐dimensional (3D) structures that …

[HTML][HTML] A multidisciplinary journey towards bone tissue engineering

SG Pedrero, P Llamas-Sillero, J Serrano-López - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Millions of patients suffer yearly from bone fractures and disorders such as osteoporosis or
cancer, which constitute the most common causes of severe long-term pain and physical …

Crosslinking strategies for silk fibroin hydrogels: Promising biomedical materials

M Farokhi, M Aleemardani, A Solouk… - Biomedical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Due to their strong biomimetic potential, silk fibroin (SF) hydrogels are impressive
candidates for tissue engineering, due to their tunable mechanical properties …

[HTML][HTML] A modular microfluidic system based on a multilayered configuration to generate large-scale perfusable microvascular networks

T Yue, D Zhao, DTT Phan, X Wang, JJ Park… - Microsystems & …, 2021 - nature.com
The vascular network of the circulatory system plays a vital role in maintaining homeostasis
in the human body. In this paper, a novel modular microfluidic system with a vertical two …