Biocompatibility and safety of PLA and its copolymers

Y Ramot, M Haim-Zada, AJ Domb, A Nyska - Advanced drug delivery …, 2016 - Elsevier
PLA and its copolymers are commonly used for a wide variety of applications. While they are
considered to be biocompatible, side effects resulting from their implantation have been …

Polymer nanofibrous structures: Fabrication, biofunctionalization, and cell interactions

V Beachley, X Wen - Progress in polymer science, 2010 - Elsevier
Extracellular matrix fibers (ECM) such as collagen, elastin, and keratin provide biological
and physical support for cell attachment, proliferation, migration, differentiation and …

The application of nanofibrous scaffolds in neural tissue engineering

H Cao, T Liu, SY Chew - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2009 - Elsevier
The repairing process in the nervous system is complicated and brings great challenges to
researchers. Tissue engineering scaffolds provide an alternative approach for neural …

Biodegradable stents for coronary artery disease treatment: Recent advances and future perspectives

T Hu, C Yang, S Lin, Q Yu, G Wang - Materials Science and Engineering: C, 2018 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular diseases are one of the major causes of human death in the world.
Endovascular stents are the most important implantation devices in cardiovascular …

Applications of electrospun nanofibers

J Fang, HT Niu, T Lin, XG Wang - Chinese science bulletin, 2008 - Springer
Polymeric nanofiber non-woven materials produced by electrospinning have extremely high
surface-to-mass (or volume) ratio and a porous structure with excellent pore …

A review of the cellular response on electrospun nanofibers for tissue engineering

DR Nisbet, JS Forsythe, W Shen… - Journal of …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Electrospinning has been employed extensively in tissue engineering to generate
nanofibrous scaffolds from either natural or synthetic biodegradable polymers to simulate …

Development of polycaprolactone porous scaffolds by combining solvent casting, particulate leaching, and polymer leaching techniques for bone tissue engineering

N Thadavirul, P Pavasant… - Journal of biomedical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Sodium chloride and polyethylene glycol (PEG) were used as water‐soluble porogens for
the formation of porous polycaprolactone (PCL) scaffolds. The main purpose was to prepare …

Development of a chitosan nanofibrillar scaffold for skin repair and regeneration

VT Tchemtchoua, G Atanasova, A Aqil, P Filée… - …, 2011 - ACS Publications
The final goal of the present study was the development of a 3-D chitosan dressing that
would shorten the healing time of skin wounds by stimulating migration, invasion, and …

Poly (hydroxybutyrate)/cellulose acetate blend nanofiber scaffolds: Preparation, characterization and cytocompatibility

C Zhijiang, X Yi, Y Haizheng, J Jia, Y Liu - Materials Science and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Poly (hydroxybutyrate)(PHB)/cellulose acetate (CA) blend nanofiber scaffolds were
fabricated by electrospinning using the blends of chloroform and DMF as solvent. The blend …

Complicity of degradable polymers in health-care applications

S Anju, N Prajitha, VS Sukanya, PV Mohanan - Materials Today Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Polymeric biomaterials have revolutionized biomedical technology and related fields as
biomaterials for health-care applications. Recent trend in polymeric medical technology has …