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ReviewNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Polymer-Based Electrospun Nanofibers for Biomedical Applications.

Abdullah M Al-Enizi, Moustafa M Zagho, Ahmed A Elzatahry

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Review in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers.

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69citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

69 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Abdullah M Al-EniziDepartment of Chemistry, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia. amenizi@ksu.edu.sa.
Moustafa M ZaghoMaterials Science and Technology Program, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, P.O. Box 2713, Doha, Qatar. mmsalah@qu.edu.qa.
Ahmed A ElzatahryMaterials Science and Technology Program, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, P.O. Box 2713, Doha, Qatar. aelzatahry@qu.edu.qa.ORCID 0000-0002-7291-5723

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Electrospinning has been considered a promising and novel procedure to fabricate polymer nanofibers due to its simplicity, cost effectiveness, and high production rate, making this technique highly relevant for both industry and academia. It is used to fabricate non-woven fibers with unique characteristics such as high permeability, stability, porosity, surface area to volume ratio, ease of functionalization, and excellent mechanical performance. Nanofibers can be synthesized and tailored to suit a wide range of applications including energy, biotechnology, healthcare, and environmental engineering. A comprehensive outlook on the recent developments, and the influence of electrospinning on biomedical uses such as wound dressing, drug release, and tissue engineering, has been presented. Concerns regarding the procedural restrictions and research contests are addressed, in addition to providing insights about the future of this fabrication technique in the biomedical field.

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blood vesselsbonedrug releaseelectrospinningmedical prosthesesnanofiberstissue engineeringwound dressing

Identifiers

PMID29677145
PMCPMC5923589

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