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Naturally Derived Biocompatible Photoinitiators for 3D Printing
… of instant production. Recently. considerable biocompatible materials have been involved in photopolymerization-based manufacturing. To achieve this, photoinitiator is a crucial component. Commercial photoinitiators, are synthetic and eco-unfriendly, causing potential health concerns due to …
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Naturally Derived Biocompatible Photoinitiators for 3D Printing
… of instant production. Recently. considerable biocompatible materials have been involved in photopolymerization-based manufacturing. To achieve this, photoinitiator is a crucial component. Commercial photoinitiators, are synthetic and eco-unfriendly, causing potential health concerns due to …
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Towards Mechanochromic Devices using Biocompatible Hydroxypropyl Cellulose
… is manufactured using only cost-effective, biocompatible, and widely available raw materials. Combined in a readily scalable formulation process (planetary centrifugal mixing), the mechanochromism of HPC is reported in the viscoelastic solid-like (gel) state for the first time. Mouldable as …
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Designing Biocompatible Functional Hydrogels: Experiments and Simulations
Biocompatible functional hydrogels are ideal materials for future diagnostic sensors. Their responsiveness to external stimuli, often in the form of varying optical and mechanical properties, has greatly promoted the development in biosensing systems. In this thesis, I designed a hybrid hydrogel …
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Electrostatic Self-Assembly of Biocompatible Thin Films
The design of biocompatible synthetic surfaces is an important issue for medical applications. Surface modification techniques provide good approaches to control the interactions between living systems and implanted materials by modifying the surface characteristics. This thesis work demonstrates …
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MECHANICALLY ROBUST BIOCOMPATIBLE POLYMERIC NETWORKS FOR REPETITIVE LOADING
Crosslinked biocompatible polymer networks offer unique potential for biomedical applications that demand high resilience under repetitive load-bearing conditions. However, conventional hydrogels often exhibit poor mechanical strength and irreversible damage under cyclic deformation, while …
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SYNTHESIS, SURFACE MODIFICATION, AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BIOCOMPATIBLE MULTIFUNCTIONAL NANOPARTICLES
Design and fabrication of biocompatible nanomaterials with multifunctional properties is one of the most powerful paradigms in the nanobiotechnology field. Recently, fluorescent and magnetic silica-based nanoparticles (NPs) have received much attention because of its biocompatible and …
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Biocompatible circuits : inflammation and soluble adhesion molecules after cardiopulmonary bypass
… inflammatory response, industry developed the biocompatible circuit (BCC) coating for the disposable CPB circuits. Four such coatings were studied and compared to an uncoated control group in a total of 101 patients undergoing routine CPB-assisted cardiac surgical procedures. Soluble adhesion …
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Study of drug delivery and cell encapsulation using biocompatible hydrogel
Hydrogel particles encapsulating biomolecules or living cells are becoming an attractive means to mediate drug delivery or facilitate cell-based treatment of diseases. These particles are capable of maintaining drug stability/cell viability and providing specific drug release profiles. The …
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Developments in White Pigment Production Using Biocompatible Cellulose-Based Materials
… is a growing need to explore safer and more biocompatible alternatives. Over the last few years, cellulose-based materials have gained interest in different industrial sectors as well as in fundamental research, basically due to its abundance, biocompatibility, biodegradability, and …
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Evaluation of biocompatible osteoconductive polymer (BOP) as an osteconductive implant
… area of the proximal femur in 16 dogs received Biocompatible Osteoconductive Polymer (BOP) fiber (n = 16), autogenous cancellous bone from the proximal femur (n = 4) or proximal humerus (n = 7), or no treatment (n = 5). BOP block was attached extraperiosteally to the proximal humerus in 7 dogs. …
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Biocompatible polymeric nanoparticles for drug/DNA delivery using biologically friendly polymerisation processes
This thesis explores the synthesis of several different polymeric nanostructures using reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerisation in both aqueous and ethanolic solutions.<br/><br/>A preface entailing an abstract, contents, common abbreviations and details of where this …
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A tailored biocompatible neural interface for long term monitoring in neural networks
Neural interface electrodes that can record from neurons in the brain for long periods of time will be of great importance to unravel how the brain accomplishes its functions. However, current electrodes usually cause significant glia reactions and loss of neurons within the adjacent brain …
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Single-Molecule Characterization of Photophysical and Colloidal Properties of Biocompatible Quantum Dots
Colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) have recently been introduced as novel fluorescent labels for various biological applications. Their unique optical properties — tunable narrow emission spectrum, broad excitation spectrum, high photostability and long fluorescent lifetimes (on the order …
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Smart, biocompatible semi-conductor nanocrystal constructs designed for in-vitro imaging applications
Quantum dots (QDs) have unique optical properties that complement fluorescent proteins and organic fluorophores. Despite the widespread use as a fluorescent label in biological imaging studies, the types of biological questions answered by utilizing QDs have been limited due to crucial …
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Additive manufactured biodegradable and biocompatible polymeric nanocomposite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering applications
In this thesis, the focus is on using the fused deposition modeling (FDM) method to manufacture functional biodegradable nanocomposite Polymeric Bone Tissue Scaffolds (PBTS). PBTSs are complex products, which have attracted significant attention in the literature in recent decades. In this study, a …
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Biocompatible silicon nitride thin films for self-rolled-up microtube technologies: guiding neurons
… that is not only insulating, but transparent and biocompatible, allowing it to be integrated into conductance, photonics, and strain-based sensor systems. These microtube-forming membranes are easily fabricated and can be integrated into a microfluidic channel (or become the channel itself) which …
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