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  • Hydroxyapatite-filled osteoinductive and piezoelectric nanofibers for bone tissue engineering 

    Barbosa, Frederico; Garrudo, Fábio F. F.; S. Alberte, Paola; Resina, Maria Leonor Matos; S. Carvalho, Marta; Jain, Akhil; C. Marques, Ana; Estrany Coda, Francesc; J. Rawson, Frankie; Alemán Llansó, Carlos; Castelo Ferreira, Frederico; C. Silva, João (2023-12-31)
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    In this study entitled “Hydroxyapatite-filled osteoinductive and piezoelectric nanofibers for bone tissue engineering”, we describe the development of novel hydroxyapatite (HAp)-filled osteoinductive piezoelectric ...
  • Mechanical properties of smart polypropylene meshes: effects of mesh architecture, plasma treatment, thermosensitive coating, and sterilization process 

    Lanzalaco, Sonia; Weis, Christine; Traeger, Kamelia; Turon, Pau; Alemán Llansó, Carlos; Armelín Diggroc, Elaine Aparecida (American Chemical Society (ACS), 2023-05-26)
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    Smart polypropylene (PP) hernia meshes were proposed to detect surgical infections and to regulate cell attachment-modulated properties. For this purpose, lightweight and midweight meshes were modified by applying a plasma ...
  • Permanently polarized materials: an approach for designing materials with customized electrical properties 

    Sans Milà, Jordi; Arnau Roca, Marc; Fontana Escartín, Adrián; Turon, Pau; Alemán Llansó, Carlos (American Chemical Society, 2023-01-01)
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    The development of experimental procedures to transform conventional materials into new materials with unique properties has become a necessity in many fields, as for example catalysis, electronics, electrochemistry and ...
  • Protein-imprinted polymers: How far have “plastic antibodies” come? 

    Resina, Maria Leonor Matos; Alemán Llansó, Carlos; Castelo Ferreira, Frederico; Esteves, Teresa (2023-11)
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    Antibodies are highly selective and sensitive, making them the gold standard for recognition affinity tools. However, their production cost is high and their downstream processing is time-consuming. Molecularly imprinted ...
  • Electroresponsive and pH-sensitive hydrogel as carrier for controlled chloramphenicol release 

    Resina, Maria Leonor Matos; El Hauadi, Karima; Sans Milà, Jordi; Esteves, Teresa; Castelo Ferreira, Frederico; Pérez Madrigal, Maria del Mar; Alemán Llansó, Carlos (American Chemical Society, 2023-02-23)
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    Multiresponsive hydrogels, which are smart soft materials that respond to more than one external stimulus, have emerged as powerful tools for biomedical applications, such as drug delivery. Within this context and with the ...
  • Thermally-induced shape memory behavior of polylactic acid/polycaprolactone blends 

    Molina García, Brenda Guadalupe; Ocón Payés, Guillermo; Silva Saldaña, Fiorella Melina; Iribarren Laco, José Ignacio; Armelín Diggroc, Elaine Aparecida; Alemán Llansó, Carlos (Elsevier, 2023-09-11)
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    A study of the shape memory effect on extruded polylactic acid (PLA) and polycaprolactone (PCL) blends, which were transformed into films and movable components of articulated specimens by hot pressing and 3D printing, ...
  • Aqueous alginate/MXene inks for 3D printable biomedical devices 

    Fontana Escartín, Adrián; Lanzalaco, Sonia; Bertran Cànovas, Òscar; Aradilla, David; Alemán Llansó, Carlos (Elsevier, 2023-08-20)
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    Electrochemically responsive hydrogel networks have been obtained using printable inks made of a biopolymer, alginate (Alg), and an inorganic 2D material, MXene (titanium carbide, Ti3C2Tx) nanosheets. While MXene offers ...
  • Smart design of sensor-coated surgical sutures for bacterial infection monitoring 

    Fontana Escartín, Adrián; El Hauadi, Karima; Lanzalaco, Sonia; Pérez Madrigal, Maria del Mar; Armelín Diggroc, Elaine Aparecida; Turon, Pau; Alemán Llansó, Carlos (2023-05-07)
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    Virtually, all implantable medical devices are susceptible to infection. As the main healthcare issue concerning implantable devices is the elevated risk of infection, different strategies based on the coating or ...
  • Recent progress in biomedical sensors based on conducting polymer hydrogels 

    Gamboa Rivera, Jillian Tricia; Paulo Mirasol, Sofia; Estrany Coda, Francesc; Torras Costa, Juan (American Chemical Society, 2023-04-28)
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    Biosensors are increasingly taking a more active role in health science. The current needs for the constant monitoring of biomedical signals, as well as the growing spending on public health, make it necessary to search ...
  • Multimodal biomedical implant with plasmonic and simulated body temperature responses 

    Mingot Béjar, Julia; Alemán Llansó, Carlos; Armelín Diggroc, Elaine Aparecida; Lanzalaco, Sonia (2023-04-28)
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    This work presents a novel nanoparticle-based thermosensor implant able to reveal the precise temperature variations along the polymer filaments, as it contracts and expands due to changes in the macroscale local temperature. ...
  • Digital light processing-3D printing of thermoset materials with high biodegradability from amino acid-derived acrylamide monomers 

    Isarn, Isaac; Hodásová, L'udmila; Pérez Madrigal, Maria del Mar; Estrany Coda, Francesc; Armelín Diggroc, Elaine Aparecida; Bravo, Fernando (2023-01-01)
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    Six acrylamide resins, derived from l-phenylalanine and l-leucine, are designed for application in digital light processing (DLP) printers to obtain biodegradable thermoset polymers. The acrylamide copolymers are prepared ...
  • Multifunctional conductive hyaluronic acid hydrogels for wound care and skin regeneration 

    Castrejón Comas, Víctor; Alemán Llansó, Carlos; Pérez Madrigal, Maria del Mar (Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2023-01-01)
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    Although the main function of skin is to act as a protective barrier against external factors, it is indeed an extremely vulnerable tissue. Skincare, regardless of the wound type, requires effective treatments to prevent ...

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