biomaterials – TechConnect Briefs

ActiVlayr Nanofiber Technology

Hosie I., Revolution Fibres Ltd, NZ

Revolution Fibres Ltd is New Zealand’s premier advanced materials company and a global leader in nanofibre production. Its mission is to enable companies to produce superior products using Revolution Fibres technology for creating functional electrospun [...]

Biogelx: Designer Gels for Cell Culture

Lopez-Bernardo E., Irvine E., Ulijn R., Lightbody D., Biogelx, US

Biogelx Limited is a biomaterials company that designs tuneable peptide hydrogels, offering artificial tissue environments to cell biologists for a range of cell culture applications. The hydrogels are highly tunable, cell-matched biomaterials, capable of revolutionizing [...]

Three-Dimensional Macroporous Carbon Nanotube Scaffolds for Stem Cell Expansion and Maintenance

Lalwani G., Gopalan A., D’Agati M., Patel S., Talukdar Y., Sitharaman B., Stony Brook University, US

Expansion of stem cells and maintenance of their self-renewal capacity in vitro requires specialized robust cell culture systems. Conventional approaches consisting of animal derived matrices and cocktail of growth factors have limitations such as consistency, [...]

Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Multifunctional SiO2 nanoparticles

Aslan A., Bozkurt A., Soydan A.M., Ata A., Gebze technical university, TR

In the present work, azole functional silica nanoparticles synthesized and characterized. For the preparation of azole functional SiO2, a two-step method based on hydrolyzed of TEOS was used in this study. The epoxy functional SiO2 [...]

3D nanostructural analysis of biomaterials by scanning probe nanotomography

Efimov A.E., Agapova O.I., Agapov I.I, Agapova O.I., Shumakov Federal Research Center of Transplantology and Artificial Organs, RU

We have been developing a new methodology and unique instrumentation for 3D reconstruction of the nanoscale volume organization of soft matter – scanning probe nanotomography (SPNT). It combines SPM with an ultramicrotome or cryoultramicrotome and [...]

Bio-ink for inkjet printing of living cells

Ferris C.J., Gilmore K.J., Beirne S., McCallum D., Wallace G.G., in het Panhuis M., ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES), AU

This abstract summarises our recent work on the development of a bio-ink tailored for the controlled deposition of cells by inkjet printing. Direct printing of living cells is an emerging approach to the fabrication of [...]

The New OPEC

Pfaltzgraff L., Budarin V., Clark J.H., Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, UK

Society faces the twin challenges of resource depletion and waste accumulation, increasing concerns to governments leading to increasing taxes for waste disposal restrictive legislation. Research in the area of renewable feedstock is of great importance [...]

The New OPEC

Pfaltzgraff L., Budarin V., Clark J.H., Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, UK

Society faces the twin challenges of resource depletion and waste accumulation, increasing concerns to governments leading to increasing taxes for waste disposal restrictive legislation. Research in the area of renewable feedstock is of great importance [...]

Multi-Parametric Surface Plasmon Resonance – A new technique to determine thickness and refractive index of thin and thick layers

Robinson M., Kuncova-Kallio J., Granqvist N., Sadowski J.W., BioNavis, LTD, US

Multi-Parametric(MP)-SPR empowers multidisciplinary research between life sciences and material sciences. Biochemists are moving from molecular-molecular interactions to molecule-material interactions, as seen in drug encapsulation or development of diagnostic kits. On the other hand, material science [...]

Responsive Materials

Lo Presti C., Merck Serono, IT

Continuous advances in polymer chemistry are enabling the synthesis of novel responsive biomaterials. This class of biomaterials are polymers able to undergo significant changes in their properties in response to external stimuli. Depending on their [...]