Scaffolds comprising different ratios of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and polylactide (PLA) electrospun fibers were prepared by using a single rotary collector. Electrospinning parameters and solution conditions were optimized ...

Electrospun scaffolds constituted by different mixtures of two biodegradable polyesters are prepared. Specifically, materials with well differentiated properties can be derived from the blending of hydrophilic polyglycolide ...

Alkyne and azide, which are commonly used in the cycloaddition reaction recognized as “click chemistry”, have been used as capping groups of two engineered diphenylalanine (FF) derivatives due to their ability to form weak ...

The self-assembly behavior of chemoenzymatic high molecular weight (ca. 30 000 Da) poly-L-phenylalanine (ePLP) and the nano-morphologies thereof are investigated. Interestingly, this supramolecular ePLP changes from a ...

Hybrid free-standing biomimetic materials are developed by integrating the VDAC36 ß-barrel protein into robust and flexible three-layered polymer nanomembranes. The first and third layers are prepared by spin-coating a ...

Low and medium molecular weight copolymers constituted by glycolide and p-dioxanone units have been synthesized by a ring-opening polymerization. The p-dioxanone monomer was obtained from (2-hydroxyethoxy)acetate or by ...

Development of smart functionalized materials for tissue engineering has attracted significant attention in recent years. In this work we have functionalized a free-standing film of isotactic polypropylene (i-PP), a synthetic ...

Crystallization of a biodegradable segmented copolymer constituted by polyglycolide hard segments and a middle soft segment constituted by a random disposition of glycolyl, e-caproyl and trimethylene carbonyl units has ...

Basic diffraction data on nylon 47 pointed out a peculiar structure of hydrogen bonds along two directions. Nylon 47 showed reversible polymorphic transitions during heating/cooling processes that were analyzed by real ...