Natural and synthetic polymeric scaffolds used in peripheral nerve tissue engineering: Advantages and disadvantages

S Amini, H Salehi, M Setayeshmehr… - Polymers for …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The nervous system is a compound network of nerves, cells and is a vital part of the body.
The injuries to this system can occur either via traumatic hurt happening after the accident …

Performance evaluation of extraction coatings with different sorbent particles and binder composition

K Murtada, E Nazdrajić, J Pawliszyn - Analytical Chemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
Binders are critical components used in the preparation of a range of extraction devices,
including solid-phase microextraction (SPME) devices. While the main role of a binder is to …

Effect of electrical stimulation conditions on neural stem cells differentiation on cross-linked PEDOT: PSS films

L Sordini, FFF Garrudo, CAV Rodrigues… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The ability to culture and differentiate neural stem cells (NSCs) to generate functional neural
populations is attracting increasing attention due to its potential to enable cell-therapies to …

Functionalization of electrospun nanofibers and fiber alignment enhance neural stem cell proliferation and neuronal differentiation

MC Amores de Sousa, CAV Rodrigues… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Neural stem cells (NSCs) have the potential to generate the cells of the nervous system and,
when cultured on nanofiber scaffolds, constitute a promising approach for neural tissue …

Designing Electrical Stimulation Platforms for Neural Cell Cultivation Using Poly (aniline): Camphorsulfonic Acid

FFF Garrudo, RJ Linhardt, FC Ferreira, J Morgado - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Electrical stimulation is a powerful strategy to improve the differentiation of neural stem cells
into neurons. Such an approach can be implemented, in association with biomaterials and …

Proton Conduction in Chiral Molecular Assemblies of Azolium–Camphorsulfonate Salts

C Sato, S Dekura, H Sato, K Sambe… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Chiral molecular assemblies have attracted considerable attention because of their
interesting physical properties, such as spin-selective electron transport. Cation–anion salts …

Polyaniline-polycaprolactone fibers for neural applications: Electroconductivity enhanced by pseudo-doping

FFF Garrudo, PE Mikael, CAV Rodrigues… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Replenishing neurons in patients with neurodegenerative diseases is one of the ultimate
therapies for these progressive, debilitating and fatal diseases. Electrical stimulation can …

Electrical stimulation of neural-differentiating iPSCs on novel coaxial electroconductive nanofibers

FFF Garrudo, DES Nogueira, CAV Rodrigues… - Biomaterials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Neural tissue engineering strategies are paramount to create fully mature neurons,
necessary for new therapeutic strategies for neurological diseases or the creation of reliable …

Polybenzimidazole: A novel, fluorocarbon-free, SPME sorbent binder with good thermal and solvent resistance properties for GC and LC analysis

K Murtada, E Nazdrajić, J Pawliszyn - Microchimica Acta, 2023 - Springer
A novel solid-phase microextraction (SPME) coating is presented that uses
polybenzimidazole (PBI) as a binder to immobilize micro-size sorbent particles onto a …

Production of blended poly (acrylonitrile): poly (ethylenedioxythiophene): poly (styrene sulfonate) electrospun fibers for neural applications

FFF Garrudo, G Filippone, L Resina, JC Silva… - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study describes, for the first time, the successful incorporation of poly (
ethylenedioxythiophene): poly (styrene sulfonate)(PEDOT: PSS) in Poly (acrylonitrile)(PAN) …