«These findings show the great promise of soy - based
nanofibers for wound healing,» said Seungkuk Ahn, first author of the paper and a graduate student in the Disease for Biophysics Group.
Ramakrishna, for example, is engineering
nanofibers for a physical structure with the right chemical, biological, and electrical cues to regenerate heart tissues.
Not exact matches
For example, researchers are developing «smart» biomaterials such as temperature - sensing hydrogels that can respond biologically to environmental conditions by changing their biomechanical or drug - releasing properties, says Seeram Ramakrishna, a professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Center for Nanofibers & Nanotechnology at the National University of Singapo
For example, researchers are developing «smart» biomaterials such as temperature - sensing hydrogels that can respond biologically to environmental conditions by changing their biomechanical or drug - releasing properties, says Seeram Ramakrishna, a professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Center
for Nanofibers & Nanotechnology at the National University of Singapo
for Nanofibers & Nanotechnology at the National University of Singapore.
«Nano Neuro Knitting: Peptide
Nanofiber Scaffold
for Brain Repair and Axon Regeneration With Functional Return of Vision,» published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Nanofibers developed
for healing bone fractures.»
He also studied the apparatus used
for nanofiber production.
Hartgerink and lead author Vivek Kumar, a postdoctoral researcher at Rice, viewed clotting as a good avenue of investigation
for practical application of KOD, a synthetic protein made of 36 amino acids that self - assemble into triple - helix
nanofibers and hydrogels.
«We want our research to inform manufacturers and regulators about safer options when a
nanofiber is being selected
for the production of nanomaterials
for emerging technologies»
This is a new mechanism
for giving feathers a blue color, the authors say; similar
nanofibers are found in the blue skin of other birds, such as Emus, but those fibers are made of collagen.
The
nanofibers» structural resemblance to proteins like collagen and elastin found in connective tissue make silk an ideal scaffolding material
for vascular grafts and bone / cartilage engineering.
Inspired by these structures, researchers created a membrane of tiny overlapping
nanofibers with similar deicing powers, which may pave the way
for uniquely ice - resistant materials.
But researchers say the
nanofibers» huge surface area should allow
for more harvesting power than the current plastic thread method.
Nanofibers made of polymer were supersonically blown onto the chips, creating a nanotexture
for increased bubble nucleation.
Doctors built a trachea
for Hannah by creating a «scaffold» or windpipe mold out of non-absorbable
nanofibers and seeding it with stem cells from her bone marrow.
Electrospun
nanofibers meshes
for the repair of bone defects.
Biomimetic tubular
nanofiber mesh and platelet rich plasma - mediated delivery of BMP - 7
for large bone defect regeneration.
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