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 …

Electrospun fiber-based flexible electronics: Fiber fabrication, device platform, functionality integration and applications

Q Gao, S Agarwal, A Greiner, T Zhang - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Flexible electronics have attracted considerable attention in the past two decades due to
their distinctive features and numerous potential applications in electronic skins, human …

Recent advances in electrospun nanofibers for supercapacitors

J Liang, H Zhao, L Yue, G Fan, T Li, S Lu… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Supercapacitors (SCs) are promising for bridging the power/energy gap between
conventional capacitors and batteries/fuel cells. However, challenges remain in the …

Electrospun conductive nanofibrous scaffolds for engineering cardiac tissue and 3D bioactuators

L Wang, Y Wu, T Hu, B Guo, PX Ma - Acta biomaterialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Mimicking the nanofibrous structure similar to extracellular matrix and conductivity for
electrical propagation of native myocardium would be highly beneficial for cardiac tissue …

Fibers for hearts: A critical review on electrospinning for cardiac tissue engineering

M Kitsara, O Agbulut, D Kontziampasis, Y Chen… - Acta biomaterialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Cardiac cell therapy holds a real promise for improving heart function and especially of the
chronically failing myocardium. Embedding cells into 3D biodegradable scaffolds may better …

Engineered hybrid cardiac patches with multifunctional electronics for online monitoring and regulation of tissue function

R Feiner, L Engel, S Fleischer, M Malki, I Gal… - Nature materials, 2016 - nature.com
In cardiac tissue engineering approaches to treat myocardial infarction, cardiac cells are
seeded within three-dimensional porous scaffolds to create functional cardiac patches …

Conductive biomaterials for cardiac repair: A review

Y Li, L Wei, L Lan, Y Gao, Q Zhang, H Dawit, J Mao… - Acta biomaterialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Myocardial infarction (MI) is one of the fatal diseases in humans. Its incidence is constantly
increasing annually all over the world. The problem is accompanied by the limited …

From arteries to capillaries: approaches to engineering human vasculature

S Fleischer, DN Tavakol… - Advanced functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
From microscaled capillaries to millimeter‐sized vessels, human vasculature spans multiple
scales and cell types. The convergence of bioengineering, materials science, and stem cell …

Melt electrowriting allows tailored microstructural and mechanical design of scaffolds to advance functional human myocardial tissue formation

M Castilho, A van Mil, M Maher… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Engineering native‐like myocardial muscle, recapitulating its fibrillar organization and
mechanical behavior is still a challenge. This study reports the rational design and …

Bioengineering approaches to treat the failing heart: from cell biology to 3D printing

M Yadid, H Oved, E Silberman, T Dvir - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2022 - nature.com
Successfully engineering a functional, human, myocardial pump would represent a
therapeutic alternative for the millions of patients with end-stage heart disease and provide …