Boundary lubrication and maxillofacial prosthetic polydimethylsiloxanes.

abstract：:Poly(ether-ether-ketone) (PEEK)s are a group of polymeric biomaterials with excellent mechanical properties and chemical stability. In the present study, we demonstrate the fabrication of an antibiofouling and highly hydrophilic high-density nanometer-scaled layer on the surface of PEEK by photo-induced graft polymeri...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Kyomoto M,Moro T,Takatori Y,Kawaguchi H,Nakamura K,Ishihara K

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogels based on ethoxytriethyleneglycol monomethacrylate/methyl methacrylate copolymers were prepared by free radical polymerization at 70 degrees C in bulk with 2,2'-azobisisobutyronitrile as initiator. The swelling behaviour of the hydrogels was studied by immersion of the films in water and in buffered solutions...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Vázquez B,Gurruchaga M,Goñi I,San Román J

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A lipid/calcium/phosphate (LCP) nanoparticle (NP) formulation (particle diameter ∼25 nm) with superior siRNA delivery efficiency was developed and reported previously. Here, we describe the successful formulation of (111)In into LCP for SPECT/CT imaging. Imaging and biodistribution studies showed that, polyethylene gl...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Tseng YC,Xu Z,Guley K,Yuan H,Huang L

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term (8 and 24 month) reactions of the (hypo) dermis of the guinea pig to solid and porous (50 vol%) acrylic implants and four human biopsies from porous subcutaneous acrylic implants were studied light microscopically. The solid implants were encapsulated by dense connective tissue. Mobility was evidenced by the...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： van Mullem PJ,Vaandrager JM,Nicolai JP,de Wijn JR

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, engineering the surface of nanotherapeutics with biologics to provide them with superior biocompatibility and targeting towards pathological tissues has gained significant popularity. Although the functionalization of drug delivery vectors with cellular materials has been shown to provide synthetic particles...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Evangelopoulos M,Parodi A,Martinez JO,Yazdi IK,Cevenini A,van de Ven AL,Quattrocchi N,Boada C,Taghipour N,Corbo C,Brown BS,Scaria S,Liu X,Ferrari M,Tasciotti E

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A "room-temperature" injection molding approach combined with particulate leaching (RTIM/PL) has been, for the first time, developed in this work to fabricate three-dimensional porous scaffolds composed of biodegradable polyesters for tissue engineering. In this approach, a "wet" composite of particulate/polymer/solve...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Wu L,Jing D,Ding J

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Constitutive models are developed, based on the results of confined compression testing, to describe the visco-elastic, and non-linear elasto-plastic behaviour of morsellised cortico-cancellous bone (MCB). It is found that the elastic modulus, E of MCB can be expressed as a linear function of the applied pressure, p. ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Phillips A,Pankaj P,May F,Taylor K,Howie C,Usmani A

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study deals with the synthesis and characterization of radiopaque polymers which could, when solubilized in an appropriate water-miscible solvent, be useful embolic materials for the treatment of cerebral aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations. For this purpose cellulose (both microcrystalline and powde...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Mottu F,Rüfenacht DA,Laurent A,Doelker E

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel biological adhesives made from chitin derivatives were prepared and evaluated for their adhesive properties and biocompatibility. Chitin derivatives with acrylic groups, such as 2-hydroxy-3-methacryloyloxypropylated carboxymethyl chitin (HMA-CM-chitin), were synthesized and cured by the addition of an aqueous hy...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Azuma K,Nishihara M,Shimizu H,Itoh Y,Takashima O,Osaki T,Itoh N,Imagawa T,Murahata Y,Tsuka T,Izawa H,Ifuku S,Minami S,Saimoto H,Okamoto Y,Morimoto M

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Injectable, biodegradable scaffolds are important biomaterials for tissue engineering and drug delivery. Hydrogels derived from natural polysaccharides are ideal scaffolds as they resemble the extracellular matrices of tissues comprised of various glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). Here, we report a new class of biocompatible...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Tan H,Chu CR,Payne KA,Marra KG

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a novel approach to process bioceramic microparticles and poly(diol citrates) into bioceramic-elastomer composites for potential use in orthopedic surgery. The composite consists of the biodegradable elastomer poly(1,8-octanediol-citrate) (POC) and the bioceramic hydroxyapatite (HA). The objective of this ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Qiu H,Yang J,Kodali P,Koh J,Ameer GA

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we used deoxyribozyme (DNAzyme) functionalized gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) to catalytically silence tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) in vivo as a potential therapeutic for myocardial infarction (MI). Using primary macrophages as a model, we demonstrated 50% knockdown of TNF-α, which was not attainable usi...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Somasuntharam I,Yehl K,Carroll SL,Maxwell JT,Martinez MD,Che PL,Brown ME,Salaita K,Davis ME

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An independent assessment was performed of the results of woven carbon implants of mesh or rods into articular cartilage defects performed by two surgeons in the knees of 96 patients. Eight had symptomatic osteochondritis, 31 had chondromalacia patellae and 57 had early osteoarthritis. They were reviewed up to 5 yr af...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Pongor P,Betts J,Muckle DS,Bentley G

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Periosteum plays a pivotal role in vascularization, ossification and remodeling during the healing process of bone injury. However, there are few studies focused on the construction of artificial implants with periosteum-mimetic effect. To emulate the primary role of natural periosteum or endosteal tissues in bone reg...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Yang G,Liu H,Cui Y,Li J,Zhou X,Wang N,Wu F,Li Y,Liu Y,Jiang X,Zhang S

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to unidirectional laminates and short fiber reinforcements for compression bone plate developments in the literature, we have proposed using a textile structure, i.e. braid preform, for this purpose. In the present paper, the influence of braiding angles and plate thicknesses on the bending performance of ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Fujihara K,Huang ZM,Ramakrishna S,Satknanantham K,Hamada H

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stability of alginate-chitosan capsules was shown to depend strongly on the amount of chitosan bound to the capsules. When the capsules were made by dropping a solution of sodium alginate into a chitosan solution (one-stage procedure), all the chitosan was located in a thin alginate-chitosan membrane on the surfac...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Gåserød O,Sannes A,Skjåk-Braek G

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Restoration of tissue integrity and tissue function of wounded skin are both essential for wound repair and regeneration, while synergistic promotion of the two remains elusive. Since elevated reactive oxygen species (ROS) production in the injured site has been implicated in triggering a set of deleterious effects su...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Wu H,Li F,Wang S,Lu J,Li J,Du Y,Sun X,Chen X,Gao J,Ling D

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The changes in protein adsorption onto aluminium surfaces coated with different thicknesses of oxide layers were examined. The oxide layers on aluminium substrates were derived by the anodizing technique. Protein adsorption studies were conducted using 125I-labelled albumin and the amount of albumin adsorbed was estim...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Sharma CP,Sunny MC

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poor fixation of bone replacement implants, e.g. the artificial hip, in implantation sites with inferior bone quality and quantity may be overcome by the use of implants coated with a cultured living bone equivalent. In this study, we tested, respectively, amorphous carbonated apatite (CA)- and crystalline octacalcium...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Dekker RJ,de Bruijn JD,Stigter M,Barrere F,Layrolle P,van Blitterswijk CA

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of approaches have been investigated to address the problems associated with oral insulin delivery, but the bioavailability of oral insulin is still low. Insulin is rapidly degraded by the enzymes in the GI tract and is not transported across the epithelial barrier easily. The oral insulin formulation develo...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Kavimandan NJ,Losi E,Peppas NA

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The release rate of mercury from a conventional, a dispersed phase or a spherical high copper content amalgam under static conditions in stimulated or artificial saliva has been measured and found to decrease approximately exponentially with time. A higher initial release rate was observed for mercury in stimulated sa...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Brune D

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A class of designed self-assembling peptide nanofiber scaffolds with more than 99% water content has been shown to be a good biological material for cell culture. Here, we report the functionalization of one of these peptide scaffolds, RAD16-I (AcN-RADARADARADARADA-CONH2), by direct solid phase synthesis extension at ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Genové E,Shen C,Zhang S,Semino CE

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocytes typically interact with implanted biomaterials through adsorbed exogenous proteins. To provide a more complete characterization of these interactions, analysis of lymphocyte migration on adsorbed extracellular matrix proteins must accompany the commonly performed adhesion studies. We report here a comparis...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Bergman AJ,Zygourakis K

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Great efforts have been made to develop suitable bioactive constructs that release growth factors (GFs) in a controlled manner for tissue-regeneration applications. Platelet lysates (PLs) are an affordable source of multiple GFs and other proteins, and show great potential in the wound-healing process. Herein, poly-l-...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Tang Q,Lim T,Wei XJ,Wang QY,Xu JC,Shen LY,Zhu ZZ,Zhang CQ

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue engineering requires the use of polymeric scaffolds that mimic many roles of extracellular matrices (ECM) in the body. Controlling cell-scaffold interactions is one of the most critical parameters for regulating cell phenotype in tissue engineering, and a peptide with the sequence of RGD has been widely exploit...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Lee JW,Park YJ,Lee SJ,Lee SK,Lee KY

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a new ultrasonic technique for monitoring the entire setting process of injectable bone cement. The problem with existing standards is their subjectivity. Because of this the results are not comparable between different research groups. A strong advantage with the proposed technique is that it is non-invasi...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Carlson J,Nilsson M,Fernández E,Planell JA

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Native extracellular matrix (ECM) that is secreted and maintained by resident cells is of great interest for cell culture and cell delivery. We hypothesized that specialized bioengineered niches for stem cells can be established using ECM-derived scaffolding materials. Kidney was selected as a model system because of ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： O'Neill JD,Freytes DO,Anandappa AJ,Oliver JA,Vunjak-Novakovic GV

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Silicon (Si) substitution in the crystal structures of calcium phosphate (CaP) ceramics such as hydroxyapatite (HA) and tricalcium phosphate (TCP) generates materials with superior biological performance to stoichiometric counterparts. Si, an essential trace element required for healthy bone and connective tissues, in...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Pietak AM,Reid JW,Stott MJ,Sayer M

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Artemisinin (ART) is an iron-dependent anti-cancer drug. However, simultaneous delivery of hydrophobic ART and Fe(2+) ions into cancer cells remains a major challenge. Herein, we reported Fe3O4@C/Ag@mSiO2 (FCA@mSiO2) multifunctional nanocarriers which can load ART as high as 484 mg/g. Moreover, FCA@mSiO2 nanoparticles...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Chen J,Guo Z,Wang HB,Zhou JJ,Zhang WJ,Chen QW

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A range of poly(alkyl methacrylate)s in the range C5 to C13 with varying degrees of crosslinking, have been studied with respect to stress-strain behaviour. Where the extensions to break were sufficiently high, stress-strain properties conformed well to the statistical theory of rubber elasticity, the Mooney/Rivlin C2...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Davy KW,Braden M

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00