Non-ionic surfactants for stabilization of polymeric nanoparticles for biomedical uses

H Cortés, H Hernández-Parra, SA Bernal-Chávez… - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Surfactants are essential in the manufacture of polymeric nanoparticles by emulsion
formation methods and to preserve the stability of carriers in liquid media. The deposition of …

A review on latest innovations in natural gums based hydrogels: Preparations & applications

S Ahmad, M Ahmad, K Manzoor, R Purwar… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The prospective uses of natural gum polysaccharides in various aspects of food, water,
energy, biotechnology, environment and medicine industries, have garnered a great deal of …

Nanofibers for biomedical and healthcare applications

R Rasouli, A Barhoum, M Bechelany… - Macromolecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Unique features of nanofibers provide enormous potential in the field of biomedical and
healthcare applications. Many studies have proven the extreme potential of nanofibers in …

Recent advances in natural polymer-based hydroxyapatite scaffolds: Properties and applications

JA Lett, S Sagadevan, I Fatimah, ME Hoque… - European Polymer …, 2021 - Elsevier
New materials that mimic natural bone properties, matching functional, mechanical, and
biological properties have been continuously developed to rehabilitate bone defects …

Poly (vinyl alcohol)-based nanofibrous electrospun scaffolds for tissue engineering applications

MA Teixeira, MTP Amorim, HP Felgueiras - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Tissue engineering (TE) holds an enormous potential to develop functional scaffolds
resembling the structural organization of native tissues, to improve or replace biological …

Flame retardant high-power Li-S flexible batteries enabled by bio-macromolecular binder integrating conformal fractions

C Senthil, SS Kim, HY Jung - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Polymer binders for sulfur cathodes play a very critical role as they prerequisites for an in-
situ immobilization against polysulfide shuttle and volume change, while ensuring good …

Recent progress in the industrial and biomedical applications of tragacanth gum: A review

EN Zare, P Makvandi, FR Tay - Carbohydrate polymers, 2019 - Elsevier
Natural polymers have distinct advantages over synthetic polymers because of their
abundance, biocompatibility, and biodegradability. Tragacanth gum, an anionic …

Recent advances in natural gum-based biomaterials for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine: A review

R Mohammadinejad, A Kumar, M Ranjbar-Mohammadi… - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
The engineering of tissues under a three-dimensional (3D) microenvironment is a great
challenge and needs a suitable supporting biomaterial-based scaffold that may facilitate cell …

Gum tragacanth (GT): a versatile biocompatible material beyond borders

ME Taghavizadeh Yazdi, S Nazarnezhad, SH Mousavi… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The use of naturally occurring materials in biomedicine has been increasingly attracting the
researchers' interest and, in this regard, gum tragacanth (GT) is recently showing great …

Recent advances in biodegradable and biocompatible synthetic polymers used in skin wound healing

R Xu, Y Fang, Z Zhang, Y Cao, Y Yan, L Gan, J Xu… - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
The treatment of skin wounds caused by trauma and pathophysiological disorders has been
a growing healthcare challenge, posing a great economic burden worldwide. The use of …