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A Review on Recent Trends of Bioinspired Soft Robotics: Actuators, Control Methods, Materials Selection, Sensors, Challenges, and Future Prospects

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
This article reviews the current state of bioinspired soft robotics. The article discusses soft actuators, soft sensors, materials selection, and control methods used in bioinspired soft robotics. It also highlights the challenges and future prospects of this field.
Abhirup Sarker   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

In vitro evaluation of bi-layer silk fibroin scaffolds for gastrointestinal tissue engineering

open access: yesJournal of Tissue Engineering, 2014
Silk fibroin scaffolds were investigated for their ability to support attachment, proliferation, and differentiation of human gastrointestinal epithelial and smooth muscle cell lines in order to ascertain their potential for tissue engineering.
Debra Franck   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Antheraea Pernyi Silk Fibroin Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery

open access: yes, 2014
Silk nanoparticles were easily obtained from regenerated Antheraea Pernyi Silk Fibroin (ASF). The morphology and average size of the silk particles was sensitive to pH value of fibroin solution.
Jin, J (靳健)   +4 more
core  

Phase Behavior and Hydration of Silk Fibroin

open access: yes, 2016
The osmotic stress method was applied to study the thermodynamics of supramolecular self-assembly phenomena in crystallizable segments of Bombyx mori silkworm silk fibroin.
Samuel P. Gido (2048380)   +2 more
core   +1 more source

A Comprehensive In Vitro Approach for Assessing the Physiological Degradation of Medical Implants: The Silkothane Arteriovenous Graft Case Study

open access: yesAdvanced NanoBiomed Research, EarlyView.
Evaluating the degradation of absorbable medical devices in vitro demands physiologically relevant conditions. This study presents a comprehensive framework applied to a three‐layered silk fibroin/polyurethane arteriovenous graft, employing human enzymes at physiological concentrations over 6 months. Multiparametric analyses of both graft structure and
Cristina Oldani   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Production of Curcumin-Loaded Silk Fibroin Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapy

open access: yesNanomaterials, 2018
Curcumin, extracted from the rhizome of Curcuma longa, has been widely used in medicine for centuries due to its anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, anti-oxidant and anti-microbial effects.
Mercedes G. Montalbán   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Silk Fibroin for Cardiovascular Medical Devices: Review of Material Properties, Applications, and Clinical Potential

open access: yesAdvanced NanoBiomed Research, EarlyView.
Silk fibroin is an attractive natural biomaterial that can be engineered into diverse cardiovascular constructs, including vascular grafts, cardiac patches, heart valves, and stent coatings. Its tunable biological and mechanical properties have driven substantial preclinical progress; however, widespread clinical translation in cardiovascular ...
Mahsa Haghighattalab   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fabrication and drug release properties of curcumin-loaded silk fibroin nanofibrous membranes

open access: yesAdsorption Science & Technology, 2019
This paper describes a silk fibroin-based nanofibrous membranes loaded with antitumor drugs curcumin and 5-fluorouracil using electrospinning technique.
Xusheng Xie   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fundamentals, Advances, and Applications of Electrospun Nanofibrous 3D Materials

open access: yesJournal of Applied Polymer Science, EarlyView.
Three‐dimensional electrospun nanofibrous systems offer unique properties and microenvironments. These properties are determined by the fabrication strategies employed and can be adjusted by the incorporation of functional additives to achieve multifunctionality for specific applications. The applications range from the biomedical to the environmental,
Rebecca Hengsbach   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A dual-layer silk fibroin scaffold for reconstructing the human corneal limbus

open access: yes, 2012
Membranes prepared from Bombyx mori silk fibroin have shown potential as a substrate for human limbal epithelial (L-EC) and stromal cell cultivation. Here we present fibroin as a dual-layer construct containing both an epithelium and underlying stroma ...
Chirila, Traian V.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

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