Electrospinning and electrospun nanofibers: Methods, materials, and applications

J Xue, T Wu, Y Dai, Y Xia - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Electrospinning is a versatile and viable technique for generating ultrathin fibers.
Remarkable progress has been made with regard to the development of electrospinning …

Bio-functional electrospun nanomaterials: From topology design to biological applications

J Han, L Xiong, X Jiang, X Yuan, Y Zhao… - Progress in Polymer …, 2019 - Elsevier
Electrospinning is a highly versatile technology to process polymers or related materials into
fibrous materials with diameters ranging from micrometer to nanometer scale. In the early …

Electrospinning super-assembly of ultrathin fibers from single-to multi-Taylor cone sites

X Zhang, L Xie, X Wang, Z Shao, B Kong - Applied Materials Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Ultrathin fibers have been widely used in thermal insulation, catalysts, drug delivery, tissue
scaffolds, wound dressing, energy storage, energy harvesting, environment engineering …

Nanofibrous scaffolds for biomedical applications

TD Stocco, NJ Bassous, S Zhao, AEC Granato… - Nanoscale, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Tissue engineering is an emergent and very interesting research field, providing potential
solutions for a myriad of challenges in healthcare. Fibrous scaffolds specifically have shown …

Surface patterning of hydrogel biomaterials to probe and direct cell–matrix interactions

BG Munoz‐Robles, I Kopyeva… - Advanced Materials …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Due to their mechanical and structural similarity to native tissues, hydrogel biomaterials
have gained tremendous popularity for applications in 3D tissue culture, therapeutic …

Electroconductive nanoscale topography for enhanced neuronal differentiation and electrophysiological maturation of human neural stem cells

K Yang, SJ Yu, JS Lee, HR Lee, GE Chang, J Seo… - Nanoscale, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Biophysical cues, such as topography, and electrical cues can provide external stimulation
for the promotion of stem cell neurogenesis. Here, we demonstrate an electroconductive …

Modification of bacterial cellulose/keratin nanofibrous mats by a tragacanth gum-conjugated hydrogel for wound healing

A Azarniya, E Tamjid, N Eslahi, A Simchi - International journal of biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
To enhance physicomechanical properties and bioactivity of fibrous membranes for wound
dressing and tissue engineering applications, novel composite scaffolds consisting of …

Designing compartmentalized hydrogel microparticles for cell encapsulation and scalable 3D cell culture

YC Lu, W Song, D An, BJ Kim, R Schwartz… - Journal of Materials …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
We describe here designs of compartmentalized hydrogel microparticles with a tunable
extracellular matrix (ECM) support for cell encapsulation and scalable 3D cell culture. The …

A microfluidic multisize spheroid array for multiparametric screening of anticancer drugs and blood–brain barrier transport properties

C Eilenberger, M Rothbauer, F Selinger… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Physiological‐relevant in vitro tissue models with their promise of better predictability have
the potential to improve drug screening outcomes in preclinical studies. Despite the …

Gradient-sized control of tumor spheroids on a single chip

G Fang, H Lu, A Law, D Gallego-Ortega, D Jin, G Lin - Lab on a Chip, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Multicellular tumor spheroids are attracting more attention as a physiologically relevant in
vitro tumor model for biomedical research. The size of spheroids is one of the critical …