Anti-Oxidant and Anti-Bacterial Behavior of Sodium Alginate Patches Fortified with Polyurethane and Ag-MOF as Potential Future Wound Healing Material DOI

Anishia Ambrose,

Kalaivizhi Rajappan,

Ganesh Munuswami Ramanujam

и другие.

Polymer-Plastics Technology and Materials, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 15

Опубликована: Сен. 1, 2024

Sodium Alginate (SA) is a natural polysaccharide with high degree of biocompatibility, biodegradability, water absorption properties and stiffness. The inherent brittleness SA limits its applications in the field wound healing. blending highly flexible polyurethane (PU) could alter nature film. In addition, incorporation Ag-Metal Organic Framework (Ag-MOF) synthesized via solvothermal method can help enhancement stability biological characteristics. composite films were obtained through feasible phase inversion technique. Ag-MOF@SA/PU film demonstrates strongest bacteriostatic impact on E. faecalis P. aeruginosa, percentages approximately 96.9% 96.41%, respectively. Furthermore, radical scavenging efficiency 83.96%. Moreover, exhibited significant increase production oxidative stress, attaining value 84.89%. Owing to results, was taken for in-vitro degradability analysis visible surface erosion observed over time. Thus, be considered future healing therapy.

Язык: Английский

Nanogels in Biomedical Engineering: Revolutionizing Drug Delivery, Tissue Engineering, and Bioimaging DOI

Atieh Janmaleki Dehchani,

Aliakbar Jafari, Farangis Shahi

и другие.

Polymers for Advanced Technologies, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 35(10)

Опубликована: Окт. 1, 2024

ABSTRACT Nanogels represent a significant innovation in the fields of nanotechnology and biomedical engineering, combining properties hydrogels nanoparticles to create versatile platforms for drug delivery, tissue bioimaging, other applications. These nanoscale hydrogels, typically ranging from 10 1000 nm, possess unique characteristics such as high water content, biocompatibility, ability encapsulate both hydrophilic hydrophobic molecules. The review explores synthesis, structural configurations, stimuli‐responsive nature nanogels, highlighting their adaptability targeted including across challenging barriers like blood–brain barrier. Furthermore, paper delves into applications particularly delivery systems, demonstrating potential revolutionize these fields. Despite promising preclinical results, challenges remain translating technologies clinical practice, issues related stability, scalability, regulatory approval. concludes by discussing future perspectives, emphasizing need further research optimize ultimately aiming enhance efficacy safety settings.

Язык: Английский

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Light-Activated Nanofibers: Advances in Photo-Responsive Electrospun Polymer Technologies DOI

Elyas Sharif Bakhsh,

Masoud Tavakoli Dare, Aliakbar Jafari

и другие.

Polymer-Plastics Technology and Materials, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 64(4), С. 397 - 438

Опубликована: Окт. 1, 2024

Язык: Английский

Процитировано

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Research Progress in 3D Printed Biobased and Biodegradable Polyester/Ceramic Composite Materials: Applications and Challenges in Bone Tissue Engineering DOI

Shunshun Zhu,

Hongnan Sun, Taihua Mu

и другие.

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 17(2), С. 2791 - 2813

Опубликована: Янв. 6, 2025

Transplantation of bone implants is currently recognized as one the most effective means treating defects. Biobased and biodegradable polyester composites combine good mechanical degradable properties polyester, thereby providing an alternative for implant materials. Bone tissue engineering (BTE) accelerates defect repair by simulating microenvironment. Composite scaffolds support formation further accelerate process repair. The introduction 3D printing technology enables preparation to be more precise, reproducible, flexible, which a very promising development. This review presents physical BTE summarizes strategies adopted domestic international scholars improve based on biobased polyester/ceramic in recent years. In addition, future development prospects field challenges expanding production clinical applications are presented.

Язык: Английский

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2

Recent Advances in Biomedical Applications of MXene‐Integrated Electrospun Fibers: A Review DOI
Ali Hamzehlouy,

Sara Zarei,

Razhan Salah Othman

и другие.

Polymers for Advanced Technologies, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 36(2)

Опубликована: Фев. 1, 2025

ABSTRACT The integration of MXenes into electrospun fibers represents a significant leap forward in advancing biomedical applications. This review delves the synergistic combination and fibers, highlighting their multifaceted capabilities tissue engineering, drug delivery, antimicrobial activity, cancer therapy, biosensing. Exceptional properties MXene, including electrical conductivity, hydrophilicity, mechanical robustness, surface tunability, offer unique advantages when incorporated nanofibrous scaffolds. By enhancing strength, promoting cellular interactions, enabling targeted therapeutic functions, MXene‐based demonstrate immense potential addressing critical challenges biomedicine. provides comprehensive overview recent advances MXene synthesis, incorporation matrices, applications, while also identifying future directions this emerging field.

Язык: Английский

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2

Recent Advances in Stimuli‐Responsive Materials for Electromagnetic Interference Shielding DOI Open Access
Aliakbar Jafari, Ahmed Al‐Ostaz, Sasan Nouranian

и другие.

Polymers for Advanced Technologies, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 36(2)

Опубликована: Фев. 1, 2025

ABSTRACT The increasing proliferation of electronic devices and advanced communication networks has resulted in heightened electromagnetic interference (EMI), posing significant challenges both technological environmental contexts. Traditional EMI shielding materials, such as metals composite coatings, offer limited adaptability are unable to meet the dynamic demands modern systems. Recent advancements have introduced smart stimuli‐responsive materials for shielding, which provide real‐time tunability, thereby addressing limitations conventional static solutions. These leverage various mechanisms—such compressive tensile strains, phase transitions, shape memory effects, responses chemical agents, humidity, or crossover angle changes—to dynamically adjust their effectiveness (EMI‐SE). This review provides an in‐depth analysis recent progress technologies, highlighting tunable mechanisms, material compositions, applications. Furthermore, it discusses existing potential future research directions required advancement this technology. By enabling environments, present a promising solution telecommunications, wearable electronics, aerospace, defense sectors.

Язык: Английский

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Smart Microneedles in Biomedical Engineering: Harnessing Stimuli‐Responsive Polymers for Novel Applications DOI
Farangis Shahi,

Hana Afshar,

Elmuez A. Dawi

и другие.

Polymers for Advanced Technologies, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 35(12)

Опубликована: Дек. 1, 2024

ABSTRACT This review aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of recent advancements in smart microneedles (MNs) within the biomedical field, focusing on integration stimuli‐responsive polymers for enhanced therapeutic and diagnostic applications. Conventional drug delivery methods are known face limitations precision, safety, patient compliance, which can be addressed by innovative features MNs. Through use various polymers, these MNs have been designed react environmental or physiological cues, allowing on‐demand release, biomarker sensing, localized interventions. Fundamental materials used fabrication MNs, including metals, composite hydrogels, reviewed, different categories stimuli‐responsiveness, such as photo, electro, thermal, mechanical, biochemical, explored. Application‐specific designs areas delivery, cancer therapy, diabetes management, skin disease treatments also examined. this discussion, it is highlighted that poised play significant role advancing personalized noninvasive medical treatments.

Язык: Английский

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Emerging Applications of Smart Hydrogel Nanocomposites in 3D Printing DOI
Mohammad Heidari, Farangis Shahi,

Hana Afshar

и другие.

Polymers for Advanced Technologies, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 35(12)

Опубликована: Дек. 1, 2024

ABSTRACT This review provides a comprehensive overview of the emerging applications stimuli‐responsive hydrogels in 3D printing, emphasizing their transformative potential creating adaptive and multifunctional structures. Stimuli‐responsive hydrogels, including magneto‐, thermo‐, pH‐, moisture‐, solvent‐, photo‐responsive varieties, have gained significant attention due to ability undergo dynamic changes response specific environmental stimuli. The begins by exploring fundamental characteristics fabrication methods used additive manufacturing, highlighting exceptional adaptability programmability. It then delves into various across diverse fields, soft robotics, tissue engineering, drug delivery systems, wearable electronics, food technology, electromagnetic interference shielding, anti‐counterfeiting technologies. By integrating latest advancements printing techniques, this aims offer insights how are enabling development innovative, intelligent, environmentally responsive systems. future perspectives section discusses challenges opportunities for advancing use suggesting directions research that could push boundaries functional materials programmable

Язык: Английский

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Biomedical Potential of Cellulose: Current Trends and Future Directions DOI Open Access
Aliakbar Jafari, Ahmed Al‐Ostaz, Sasan Nouranian

и другие.

Polymers for Advanced Technologies, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 35(12)

Опубликована: Ноя. 25, 2024

ABSTRACT The exploration of cellulose, a natural polysaccharide derived from renewable biomass, has seen significant advancements in recent years due to its biocompatibility, biodegradability, and versatility. This review paper comprehensively covers the latest developments cellulose derivatives as functional biomaterials for various biomedical applications. Emphasis is placed on intrinsic properties such mechanical strength, thermal stability, chemical modifiability, which enable wide‐ranging use drug delivery systems, wound dressings, tissue engineering, biosensors. article further delves into modification techniques—such oxidation, esterification, etherification—that enhance cellulose's performance, allowing it be fine‐tuned specialized medical applications, including creation scaffolds regeneration smart materials responsive release. Additionally, hybridization with inorganic offers potential developing superior antimicrobial improved characteristics. also addresses challenges processing, particularly concerning optimizing structure specific while highlighting future opportunities field personalized medicine intelligent healthcare devices. By examining both current innovations trends, this highlights growing importance sustainable versatile resource industry.

Язык: Английский

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Recent Advances in Multifunctional Naturally Derived Bioadhesives for Tissue Engineering and Wound Management DOI
Aliakbar Jafari, Ahmed Al‐Ostaz, Sasan Nouranian

и другие.

Polymers for Advanced Technologies, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 35(12)

Опубликована: Дек. 1, 2024

ABSTRACT Recent advancements in naturally derived bioadhesives have transformed their application across diverse medical fields, including tissue engineering, wound management, and surgery. This review focuses on the innovative development multifunctional nature of these bioadhesives, particularly emphasizing role enhancing adhesion performance wet environments optimizing mechanical properties for use dynamic tissues. Key areas covered include chemical physical mechanisms adhesion, incorporation multi‐adhesion strategies that combine covalent non‐covalent bonding, bioinspired designs mimicking natural adhesives such as those barnacles mussels. Additionally, discusses emerging applications regeneration musculoskeletal, cardiac, neural, ocular tissues, highlighting potential bioadhesive‐based therapies complex biological settings. Despite substantial progress, challenges scaling lab‐based innovations clinical overcoming environmental constraints remain critical. Ongoing research bioadhesive technologies aims to bridge gaps, promising significant improvements tailored therapeutic needs.

Язык: Английский

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Tribological Properties of Synthetic and Biosourced Lubricants Enhanced by Graphene and Its Derivatives: A Review DOI Creative Commons
Aliakbar Jafari, Mohammed Majdoub, Dineshkumar Sengottuvelu

и другие.

ACS Omega, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 9(52), С. 50868 - 50893

Опубликована: Дек. 16, 2024

This review explores the tribological properties of biosourced lubricants (biolubricants) enhanced by graphene (Gr) and its derivatives hybrids. Friction wear at mechanical interfaces are primary causes energy loss machinery degradation, necessitating effective lubrication strategies. Traditional derived from mineral oils present environmental challenges, leading to an increased interest in biolubricants plant animal fats. Biolubricants offer high biodegradability, renewability, low toxicity, positioning them as ecofriendly alternatives. work extensively reviews role Gr-based nanoadditives enhancing biolubricants. Gr with exceptional physicomechanical has shown promise reducing friction wear. The covers various derivatives, including oxide (GO) reduced (r-GO), their performance additives. discussion extends hybrids metals, polymers, other 2D materials, highlighting synergistic effects on performance. mechanisms through which these additives enhance lubrication, such formation protective films improved interactions between tribopairs, examined. Emphasis is placed benefits potential improvements Finally, analyzing current research technological trends, paper outlines future prospects for optimizing lubricant formulations nanoadditives, aiming more sustainable efficient applications.

Язык: Английский

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