Thermoresponsive, stretchable, biodegradable and biocompatible poly(glycerol sebacate)-based polyurethane hydrogels

Thermoresponsive, stretchable, biodegradable and biocompatible poly(glycerol sebacate)-based polyurethane hydrogels

Biodegradable Cellulose-based Hydrogels: Design and Applications

Hydrogels are macromolecular networks able to absorb and release water solutions in a reversible manner, in response to specific environmental stimuli. Such stimuli-sensitive behaviour makes hydrogels appealing for the design of ‘smart’ devices, applicable in a variety of technological fields. In particular, in cases where either ecological or biocompatibility issues are concerned, the biodegra...

Biodegradable and Biocompatible Systems Based on Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles

Composites of hydroxyapatite (HAp) are widely employed in biomedical applications due to their biocompatibility, bioactivity and osteoconductivity properties. In fact, the development of industrially scalable hybrids at low cost and high efficiency has a great impact, for example, on bone tissue engineering applications and even as drug delivery systems. New nanocomposites constituted by HAp na...

Extremely Stretchable and Fast Self-Healing Hydrogels.

Dynamic crosslinking of extremely stretchable hydrogels with rapid self-healing ability is described. Using this new strategy, the obtained hydrogels are able to elongate 100 times compared to their initial length and to completely self-heal within 30 s without external energy input.

Biocompatible and biodegradable photopolymers for microstereolitho- graphy

The fabrication of geometrically well defined 3-dimensional scaffolds offering good cell adhesion is still an important topic in tissue engineering. Microstereolithography (µSLA), which is based on the photopolymerization of a liquid resin using a laser, turned out to be especially suitable because accessible resolutions of about 5 μm allow the fabrication of cellular structures for a number of...