Supercritical fluids in biomedical and tissue engineering applications: a review

ARC Duarte, JF Mano, RL Reis - International Materials Reviews, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Over the past several years, the definition of a scaffold for tissue engineering has changed
dramatically, from a material that acts only as an inert structural support for cell attachment to …

Stem cell differentiation by functionalized micro-and nanostructured surfaces

E Martínez, A Lagunas, CA Mills, S Rodríguez-Seguí… - 2009 - Future Medicine
New fabrication technologies and, in particular, new nanotechnologies have provided
biomaterial and biomedical scientists with enormous possibilities when designing …

Dynamic cell behavior on shape memory polymer substrates

KA Davis, KA Burke, PT Mather, JH Henderson - Biomaterials, 2011 - Elsevier
Cell culture substrates of defined topography have emerged as powerful tools with which to
investigate cell mechanobiology, but current technologies only allow passive control of …

Time-lapse observation of cell alignment on nanogrooved patterns

S Fujita, M Ohshima, H Iwata - Journal of the Royal …, 2009 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Cells elongate on a surface with nanogrooved (NG) patterns and align along that pattern.
Although various models have been proposed for how this occurs, much remains to be …

Formation of periodic nanostructures using a femtosecond laser to control cell spreading on titanium

T Shinonaga, M Tsukamoto, T Kawa, P Chen, A Nagai… - Applied Physics B, 2015 - Springer
Although titanium (Ti) is a common biomaterial, controlling cell spreading by forming
periodic structures using a femtosecond laser should improve its biocompatibility. Herein we …

Osteogenic and antibacterial properties of TiN-Ag coated Ti-6Al-4V bioimplants with polished and laser textured surface topography

CP Priyanka, KK Krishnan, U Sudeep… - Surface and Coatings …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, polished and laser textured Ti6Al4V alloy bioimplant samples were coated with
TiN and Ag using PVD technique and evaluated for the synergistic effects of …

Nanoscale surfacing for regenerative medicine

Y Yang, KW Leong - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Cells in most tissues reside in microenvironment surrounded with specific three‐
dimensional features. The extracellular matrix or substratum with which cells interact often …

Cell orientation and regulation of cell–cell communication in human mesenchymal stem cells on different patterns of electrospun fibers

JC Chang, S Fujita, H Tonami, K Kato… - Biomedical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Cell behavior can be manipulated by the topography of the culture surface. In this study, we
examined the intercellular communication and osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal …

On-command on/off switching of progenitor cell and cancer cell polarized motility and aligned morphology via a cytocompatible shape memory polymer scaffold

J Wang, A Quach, ME Brasch, CE Turner… - Biomaterials, 2017 - Elsevier
In vitro biomaterial models have enabled advances in understanding the role of extracellular
matrix (ECM) architecture in the control of cell motility and polarity. Most models are …

Designing culture surfaces based on cell anchoring mechanisms to regulate cell morphologies and functions

MH Kim, M Kino-Oka, M Taya - Biotechnology advances, 2010 - Elsevier
This review article presents an outlook on the current strategies and existing concepts for
culture surface designs to regulate cell morphologies and functions. First, cell structures and …