The determination of the safe working life of polymer materials is important for their
successful use in engineering, medicine and consumer-goods applications. An …

Porosity is an important material feature commonly employed in implants and tissue
scaffolds. The presence of material voids permits the infiltration of cells, mechanical …

Electronic devices that can physically disappear in a controlled manner without harmful by‐
products unveil a wide range of opportunities in medical devices, environmental monitoring …

Porous scaffolds fabricated from biocompatible and biodegradable polymers play vital roles
in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Among various scaffold matrix materials …

Biodegradable scaffolds have played an important role in a number of tissue engineering
attempts over the past decade. The goal of this review article is to provide a brief overview of …

Even though degradation products of biodegradable polymers are known to be largely non-
cytotoxic, little detailed information is available regarding the degradation rate-dependent …

A significant need exists for long-term degradable biomaterials which can slowly and
predictably transfer a load-bearing burden to developing biological tissue. In this study …

Biomanufacturing integrates life science and engineering fundamentals to produce
biocompatible products enhancing the quality of life. The state-of-the-art of this rapidly …

In the engineering of soft tissues, scaffolds with high elastance and strength coupled with
controllable biodegradable properties are necessary. To fulfill such design criteria we have …

Abstract Since Robert Langer and colleagues pioneered the concept of reconstructing tissue
using cells transplanted on synthetic polymer matrices in the early 1990s, research in the …