Articles
3D Printing of Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Composites
3D printing is a type of additive manufacturing that can be used to rapidly fabricate components with highly customizable geometries, most typically using a layer-by-layer fabrication process. 3D pri...
Zhenyu Bo* (Ph.D Candidate at Northwestern University) and Jia Choi*, PhD, Product Manager
*Materials Science Product Management Team, MilliporeSigma, Milwaukee, WI.
Keywords: Deposition, Nanomaterials, Nanotubes
Chitosan Biopolymer from Fungal Fermentation for Delivery of Chemotherapeutic Agents
David Brown,1 Keith Brunt,2 Nils Rehmann3 1CTO Mycodev Group, Fredericton, NB E3B 6B3 Canada 2Dalhousie School of Medicine New Brunswick, Saint John, NB E2K 5E2, Canada 3NiRem Consulting, 8 Fish Hatc...
David Brown, Keith Brunt, Nils Rehmann
Material Matters, 2016, 11.3
Keywords: Antimicrobials, Bacterial conjugations, Cancer, Click chemistry, Clinical, Fermentation, Hemostatics, Pharmaceutical, Titrations
Chitosan-based Biomaterials
Chitin, a natural polysaccharide, is the second most abundant natural biopolymer in the world, after cellulose. It is the primary, high modulus fibrous component of the exoskeleton of arthropods incl...
Guolin Wu1, Hui Gao2, and Jianbiao Ma1,2
Material Matters, 2012 v7, n3
Keywords: Absorption, Applications, Cell attachment, Cell culture, Degradations, Dialysis, Diseases, Growth factors, Metabolites, Methods, Pharmaceutical, Purification, Renal Disease, Transfection, Vectors
Chitosan: A Versatile Platform for Pharmaceutical Applications
Raphael Riva and Christine Jerome* Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules University of Liege, Chemistry Department, Sart-Tilman, Building B6a, 4000 Liege, Belgium *Email: c.jerome@ulg.a...
Keywords: Acetylations, Adhesion, Aminations, Cancer, Condensations, Coupling reactions, Degradations, Derivatizations, Ethoxylations, Growth factors, Ligands, Pharmaceutical, Polymerization reactions, Precipitation, Reductions, Reductive aminations, Solvents, Substitutions, Transfection
Electrospinning: An Enabling Technique for Nanostructured Materials
Fibrous nanomaterials are attractive for a range of applications due to their intrinsically high porosities and large surface areas. Electrospinning is a simple, versatile technique for generating na...
Dr. Jingwei Xie and Prof. Younan Xia
Material Matters 2008, 3.1, 19.
Keywords: Applications, Biomaterials, Capabilities, Cell biology, Central Nervous System, Ceramics, Compliance, Evaporation, Growth factors, Methods, Nanomaterials, Nanotechnology, Nanotubes, Separation, Sol-gel, Stem cell biology, Tools, Type
Injectable Hydrogels for Cell Delivery and Tissue Regeneration
Prathamesh M. Kharkar,1 April M. Kloxin1,2* 1Materials Science and Engineering and 2Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716 USA *Email: akloxin@udel.edu
Keywords: Addition reactions, Adhesion, Angiogenesis, Biochemistry, Biomaterials, Building blocks, Cardiovascular, Catalysis, Cell proliferation, Click chemistry, Clinical, Cycloadditions, Degradations, Growth factors, Reversed-phase chromatography
Microfluidic-Assisted Manufacturing of Materials for Nanomedicine
1Laboratory of Polymers and Biomaterials, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 16163, Genova, Italy. 2Division of Pharmacy and Optometry, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicin...
Keywords: AGE, Biomaterials, Chromatin immunoprecipitation, Clinical, Crystallization, Degradations, Diffusion, Eliminations, Fractionation, Metabolism, Nanomaterials, Pharmaceutical, Precipitation, Reductions, Schizophrenia, Separation, Solvents
Tailoring Collagen-Based Matrices for Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering
Jiayu Leong,1 Liam Grover,2 Hyunjoon Kong1* 1Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801 USA 2University of Birmingham, UK *Email: hjkong06@...
Keywords: Adhesion, Adsorption, Aminations, Bacterial conjugations, Biomaterials, Building blocks, Cell culture, Clinical, Deaminations, Degradations, Deposition, Diffusion, Growth factors, Hydroxylations, Immobilization, Ligands, Methylations, Michael reaction, PAGE, Purification, Recombination, Reductive aminations, Transfection
Three-Dimensional Printing of Tissue Engineering Scaffolds
Helena N. Chia, Ph.D.,1* Benjamin M. Wu, D.D.S, Ph.D.1,2* 1Department of Bioengineering, Henry Samueli School of Engineering University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA 2Division of Advanced ...
Keywords: Biomaterials, Ceramics, Chromatin immunoprecipitation, Deposition, Diagnostic Imaging, Diffusion, Growth factors, Materials Science, Melting, Polymerization reactions, Solvents
Chitosan Microparticles
Microparticles with controlled size and morphology are of significant interest in the fields of drug delivery and biopharmaceuticals. The objective of this study was to assess the effect of processin...
Keywords: Acetylations, Microscopy, Scanning electron microscopy