Self‐healing hydrogels: the next paradigm shift in tissue engineering?

S Talebian, M Mehrali, N Taebnia… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Given their durability and long‐term stability, self‐healable hydrogels have, in the past few
years, emerged as promising replacements for the many brittle hydrogels currently being …

Carbon nanotubes and their polymeric composites: The applications in tissue engineering

B Huang - Biomanufacturing Reviews, 2020 - Springer
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs), with unique graphitic structure, superior mechanical, electrical,
optical and biological properties, has attracted more and more interests in biomedical …

Mussel-inspired electroactive chitosan/graphene oxide composite hydrogel with rapid self-healing and recovery behavior for tissue engineering

X Jing, HY Mi, BN Napiwocki, XF Peng, LS Turng - Carbon, 2017 - Elsevier
Hydrogels currently used in electroactive tissues (cardiac tissues, skeletal muscles, and
nerves) have certain shortcomings such as a lack of electrical conductivity and …

Conductive composite fiber with optimized alignment guides neural regeneration under electrical stimulation

J Zhang, X Zhang, C Wang, F Li, Z Qiao… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Conductivity and alignment of scaffolds are two primary factors influencing the efficacy of
nerve repair. Herein, conductive composite fibers composed of poly (ɛ‐caprolactone)(PCL) …

Directed and on‐demand alignment of carbon nanotube: a review toward 3D printing of electronics

GL Goh, S Agarwala, WY Yeong - Advanced Materials …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are 1D nanostructured materials with unique mechanical, optical,
and electrical properties which can be potentially exploited for fabricating wide variety of …

Rational design of electrically conductive biomaterials toward excitable tissues regeneration

G Zhao, H Zhou, G Jin, B Jin, S Geng, Z Luo… - Progress in Polymer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cells in vivo are situated in a complicated microenvironment composed of diverse
biochemical and biophysical cues. To regulate biological functions of cells, tissues and …

Is graphene shortening the path toward spinal cord regeneration?

AF Girão, MC Serrano, A Completo, PAAP Marques - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Along with the development of the next generation of biomedical platforms, the inclusion of
graphene-based materials (GBMs) into therapeutics for spinal cord injury (SCI) has potential …

Inorganic nanomaterials in tissue engineering

E Bianchi, B Vigani, C Viseras, F Ferrari, S Rossi… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent decades, the demand for replacement of damaged or broken tissues has
increased; this poses the attention on problems related to low donor availability. For this …

Fabrication and characterisation of 3D printed MWCNT composite porous scaffolds for bone regeneration

B Huang, C Vyas, I Roberts, QA Poutrel… - Materials Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with exceptional physical and chemical properties are attracting
significant interest in the field of tissue engineering. Several reports investigated CNTs …

Recent advances in nanotherapeutic strategies for spinal cord injury repair

YH Song, NK Agrawal, JM Griffin, CE Schmidt - Advanced drug delivery …, 2019 - Elsevier
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating and complicated condition with no cure available.
The initial mechanical trauma is followed by a secondary injury characterized by …