DiameterJ: A validated open source nanofiber diameter measurement tool

NA Hotaling, K Bharti, H Kriel, CG Simon Jr - Biomaterials, 2015 - Elsevier
Despite the growing use of nanofiber scaffolds for tissue engineering applications, there is
not a validated, readily available, free solution for rapid, automated analysis of nanofiber …

Nanofiber scaffold-based tissue-engineered retinal pigment epithelium to treat degenerative eye diseases

NA Hotaling, V Khristov, Q Wan, R Sharma… - Journal of Ocular …, 2016 - liebertpub.com
Clinical-grade manufacturing of a functional retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) monolayer
requires reproducing, as closely as possible, the natural environment in which RPE grows …

Effect of polyvinylidene fluoride electrospun fiber orientation on neural stem cell differentiation

LC Lins, F Wianny, S Livi, C Dehay… - … Research Part B …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Electrospun polymer piezoelectric fibers can be used in neural tissue engineering (NTE) to
mimic the physical, biological, and material properties of the native extracellular matrix. In …

[HTML][HTML] Fibre direction and stacking sequence measurement in carbon fibre composites using Radon transforms of ultrasonic data

LJ Nelson, RA Smith - Composites Part A: Applied Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Stacking sequence and, more generally, fibre orientation, are critical parameters in fibrous
composite materials since they govern mechanical performance. This paper presents a …

[HTML][HTML] Characterisation of carbon fibre-reinforced polymer composites through radon-transform analysis of complex eddy-current data

RR Hughes, BW Drinkwater, RA Smith - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Maintaining the correct fibre orientations and stacking sequence in carbon-fibre reinforced
polymers (CFRP) during manufacture is essential for achieving the required mechanical …

General image fiber tool: A concept for automated evaluation of fiber diameters in SEM images

A Götz, V Senz, W Schmidt, J Huling, N Grabow… - Measurement, 2021 - Elsevier
Fiber imaging is becoming increasingly important in various fields. The current standard
method of quality assurance is the manual quantification of fiber diameters in Scanning …

Ultrasonic tomographic reconstruction of local fiber orientation in multi-layer composites using Gabor filter-based information diagram method

X Yang, B Ju, M Kersemans - NDT & E International, 2021 - Elsevier
Fiber waviness and ply stacking errors compromise the mechanical performance of multi-
layer composites. Measuring the local in-plane fiber orientation layer-by-layer is therefore …

[HTML][HTML] Ply-orientation measurements in composites using structure-tensor analysis of volumetric ultrasonic data

LJ Nelson, RA Smith, M Mienczakowski - Composites Part A: Applied …, 2018 - Elsevier
Ply wrinkling in carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) laminates is often geometrically
complex and difficult to quantify using non-destructive techniques. In this paper, an …

[HTML][HTML] Detection and imaging of local ply angle in carbon fiber reinforced plastics using laser ultrasound and tilt filter processing

L Ambrozinski, J Mrowka, M O'Donnell… - Composites Part A …, 2019 - Elsevier
Wrinkles in carbon-fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) are extremely dangerous, dramatically
changing the performance of a composite structure. However, wrinkles are one of the most …

The effect of surface modification of aligned poly-L-lactic acid electrospun fibers on fiber degradation and neurite extension

NJ Schaub, C Le Beux, J Miao, RJ Linhardt… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
The surface of aligned, electrospun poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA) fibers was chemically modified
to determine if surface chemistry and hydrophilicity could improve neurite extension from …