Preparación, propiedades y aplicaciones biomédicas de micro/nanofibras poliméricas

G.A. ABRAHAM

Buenos Aires

Otro; Escuela Internacional de Modelado en Biomecánica y en mecanobiología; 2014

Facultad Ingeniería, UBA - UTN BA

This presentation covers the following topics: i) Introduction to tissue engineering, definition and paradigms, porous structures as well as functions and requirements of biomaterials; ii) Scaffolds processing and fabrication techniques, nanofiber production methods; iii) Electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds: properties and applications; iv) Electrospinning: fundamentals, morphology and experimental variables, strategies to increase pore size; v) Polymeric nanofibrous scaffolds for biomedical applications: small-diameter vascular grafts, ports, in vivo myocardial tissue regeneration, and drug delivery of therapeutic agents.