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State of the art and current trends on layered inorganic-polymer nanocomposite coatings for anticorrosion and multi-functional applications
(Elsevier, 2022-02)
[EN] This review highlights the most important advances in the development and manufacture of advanced hybrid polymer-inorganic layered anticorrosion coatings for marine applications. These newly hybrid anticorrosion systems ...
Polysaccharide-Based In Situ Self-Healing Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering Applications
(MDPI, 2020-10-01)
In situ hydrogels have attracted increasing interest in recent years due to the need to develop effective and practical implantable platforms. Traditional hydrogels require surgical interventions to be implanted and are ...
Laser-induced highly oriented pyrolytic graphite for high-performance screen-printed electrodes
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2021-09-21)
Screen-printed carbon electrodes (SPCEs) are enjoying increasing popularity in different electrochemistry areas, from electroanalysis to energy storage and power generation. Highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG), an ...
Electro and magnetoactive printed bi-functional actuators based on alginate hybrid hydrogels
(Elsevier, 2022-10)
Soft materials are attracting much attention for the development of biostructures able to mimic the movement of natural systems by remote actuation. Multi-sensitive hydrogels are among the best materials for obtaining ...
Dynamic and Self-Healable Chitosan/Hyaluronic Acid-Based In Situ-Forming Hydrogels
(MDPI, 2022-07-29)
In situ-forming, biodegradable, and self-healing hydrogels, which maintain their integrity after damage, owing to dynamic interactions, are essential biomaterials for bioapplications, such as tissue engineering and drug ...
Photocrosslinkable and self-healable hydrogels of chitosan and hyaluronic acid.
(Elsevier, 2022-09)
Biocompatible and biodegradable hydrogels with biomimetic properties, such as self-repairing, are increasingly interesting for biomedical applications, particularly when they can be printed or in situ formed to mimic ...
Size Effect in Hybrid TiO2:Au Nanostars for Photocatalytic Water Remediation Applications
(MDPI, 2022-11-08)
TiO2:Au-based photocatalysis represents a promising alternative to remove contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) from wastewater under sunlight irradiation. However, spherical Au nanoparticles, generally used to sensitize ...
Tailored Biodegradable and Electroactive Poly(Hydroxybutyrate-Co-Hydroxyvalerate) Based Morphologies for Tissue Engineering Applications
(MDPI, 2018-08)
Polymer-based piezoelectric biomaterials have already proven their relevance for tissue engineering applications. Furthermore, the morphology of the scaffolds plays also an important role in cell proliferation and ...
pH-Induced 3D Printable Chitosan Hydrogels for Soft Actuation
(MDPI, 2022-02-08)
Three-dimensional (3D) printing represents a suitable technology for the development of biomimetic scaffolds for biomedical and tissue engineering applications. However, hydrogel-based inks’ printability remains a challenge ...
Optimized silk fibroin piezoresistive nanocomposites for pressure sensing applications based on natural polymers
(The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2019-06-01)
Environmental issues promote the development of sensors based on natural polymers which are becoming an area of increasing interest. Piezoresistive sensors based on silk fibroin with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as fillers were ...