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181 Citations
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46 Pages

Electrospinning: Processes, Structures, and Materials

  • Mahboubeh Ahmadi Bonakdar and
  • Denis Rodrigue

11 February 2024

Electrospinning is a simple and affordable method of producing nanofibers, offering a large specific surface area and highly porous structures with diameters ranging from nanometers to micrometers. This process relies on an electrostatic field, provi...

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167 Citations
37,866 Views
29 Pages

Biodegradation of Polymers: Stages, Measurement, Standards and Prospects

  • Rafael Resende Assis Silva,
  • Clara Suprani Marques,
  • Tarsila Rodrigues Arruda,
  • Samiris Cocco Teixeira and
  • Taíla Veloso de Oliveira

6 June 2023

Nowadays, sustainable and biodegradable bioplastics are gaining significant attention due to resource depletion and plastic pollution. An increasing number of environmentally friendly plastics are being introduced to the market with the aim of addres...

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127 Citations
22,390 Views
30 Pages

Electrospun Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering: A Review

  • Guadalupe Gabriel Flores-Rojas,
  • Bélen Gómez-Lazaro,
  • Felipe López-Saucedo,
  • Ricardo Vera-Graziano,
  • Emilio Bucio and
  • Eduardo Mendizábal

3 August 2023

Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine have emerged as innovative approaches to enhance clinical outcomes by addressing tissue lesions and degenerations that can significantly impair organ function. Since human tissues have limited regenerative...

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68 Citations
37,011 Views
36 Pages

Microneedles’ Device: Design, Fabrication, and Applications

  • Cristiana Oliveira,
  • José A. Teixeira,
  • Nelson Oliveira,
  • Sónia Ferreira and
  • Cláudia M. Botelho

15 May 2024

The delivery of therapeutical molecules through the skin, particularly to its deeper layers, is impaired due to the stratum corneum layer, which acts as a barrier to foreign substances. Thus, for the past years, scientists have focused on the develop...

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  • Open Access
40 Citations
7,934 Views
27 Pages

Active Agents Incorporated in Polymeric Substrates to Enhance Antibacterial and Antioxidant Properties in Food Packaging Applications

  • Johan Stanley,
  • Athira John,
  • Klementina Pušnik Črešnar,
  • Lidija Fras Zemljič,
  • Dimitra A. Lambropoulou and
  • Dimitrios N. Bikiaris

23 December 2022

Active packaging has played a significant role in consumers’ health and green environment over the years. Synthetic polymers, such as poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET), polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene, poly(vinyl chloride) (...

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34 Citations
8,900 Views
29 Pages

Opportunities and Limitations in Recycling Fossil Polymers from Textiles

  • Sabrina Bianchi,
  • Flavia Bartoli,
  • Cosimo Bruni,
  • Cristina Fernandez-Avila,
  • Laura Rodriguez-Turienzo,
  • Jorge Mellado-Carretero,
  • Daniele Spinelli and
  • Maria-Beatrice Coltelli

15 April 2023

The recovery and recycling of textile waste is becoming urgent since textiles are generating more and more waste. In one year, about 92 million tons of textile waste are produced and the fashion industry accounts for 58 million tons of plastic waste...

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24 Citations
4,345 Views
17 Pages

Bone Tissue Engineering Scaffold Optimisation through Modification of Chitosan/Ceramic Composition

  • Keran Zhou,
  • Farah Alwani Azaman,
  • Zhi Cao,
  • Margaret Brennan Fournet and
  • Declan M. Devine

1 June 2023

A large bone defect is defined as a defect that exceeds the regenerative capacity of the bone. Nowadays, autologous bone grafting is still the gold standard treatment. In this study, a hybrid bone tissue engineering scaffold (BTE) was designed with b...

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23 Citations
11,907 Views
16 Pages

21 September 2023

Fabrics have been recognized as a necessary component of daily life due to their involvement in garments, home textiles, and industrial textiles. The mechanical performance of textiles was considered essential to meet the end-user requirements for st...

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23 Citations
9,862 Views
28 Pages

Dendrimers: Synthesis, Encapsulation Applications and Specific Interaction with the Stratum Corneum—A Review

  • Katia Bacha,
  • Catherine Chemotti,
  • Jean-Pierre Mbakidi,
  • Magali Deleu and
  • Sandrine Bouquillon

1 June 2023

Dendrimers are increasingly being studied in the context of encapsulation. Many potential applications of dendrimers are based on their properties. They are used in drug delivery systems, cosmetics, food and chemistry. This review is first devoted to...

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  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,756 Views
14 Pages

The Role of Coupling Agents in the Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Polypropylene/Wood Flour Composites

  • Cecilia Zárate-Pérez,
  • Rodrigo Ramírez-Aguilar,
  • Edgar A. Franco-Urquiza and
  • Carlos Sánchez-Alvarado

3 February 2023

This work is a collaborative effort between academia and industry to promote the development of new sustainable and profitable materials for manufacturing products. Incorporating wood flour particles (WF) in polypropylene (PP) grants environmental ad...

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