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Porous Polymeric Bioresorbable Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering

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  • © 2011

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Authors:
  1. Chiara Gualandi

    1. , Dept. of Chemistry, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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  • Nominated by the University of Bologna for a Springer Theses Prize.
  • This research integrates aspects of chemistry, physics, engineering, materials science and biomedical science.
  • This work documents successful international and national collaborations which have been set up as a result of this research.
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Chiara Gualandi
    Pages 1-30

  3. Materials and Methods

    • Chiara Gualandi
    Pages 31-41

  4. Results and Discussion

    • Chiara Gualandi
    Pages 43-118

  5. Conclusions

    • Chiara Gualandi
    Pages 119-121
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The development and application of bioactive nano-structured constructs for tissue regeneration is the focus of the research summarised in this thesis. Moreover, a particular focus is the rational use of supercritical carbon dioxide foaming and electrospinning technologies which can lead to innovative polymeric bioresorbable scaffolds made of hydrolysable (both commercial and ‘ad-hoc’ synthesized) polyesters. Mainly, the author discusses the manipulation of polymer chemical structure and composition to tune scaffold physical properties, and optimization of scaffold 3D architecture by a smart use of both fabrication techniques. The multidisciplinary nature of this research is imperative in pursuing the challenge of tissue regeneration successfully. One of the strengths of this thesis is the integration of knowledge from chemistry, physics, engineering, materials science and biomedical science which has contributed to setting up new national and international collaborations, while strengthening existing ones.

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  • , Dept. of Chemistry, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Chiara Gualandi

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