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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2019

A Portable Electrospinner for Nanofiber Synthesis and Its Application for Cosmetic Treatment of Alopecia.

Richard A Revia, Brandon A Wagner, Miqin Zhang

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Nanomaterials in Cosmetics: Recent Updates.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
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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 at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Richard A ReviaDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. rrevia@uw.edu.
Brandon A WagnerDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. bawagner@uw.edu.
Miqin ZhangDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. mzhang@uw.edu.
University of Washington · USNeurological Surgery · US

Funding

Iron Oxide Nanoparticle-Mediated Radiation Delivery for Glioblastoma TreatmentF31CA232546 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI REVIA, RICHARD AARON · 2018 to 2019
$73k
NIH HHS F31CA232546
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A portable, handheld electrospinning apparatus is designed and constructed using off-the-shelf components and 3D-printed parts. The portable electrospinner is used to generate nanofibers with diameters ranging from 85 to 600 nm; examination of these fibers is achieved with scanning electron microscopy. This portable electrospinner has similar capabilities to standard stationary benchtop electrospinners in terms of the diversity of polymers the device is able to spin into nanofibers and their resulting size and morphology. However, it provides much more ambulatory flexibility, employs current-limiting measures that allow for safer operation and is cost effective. As a demonstration of the device's unique application space afforded by its portability, the device is applied in direct-to-skin electrospinning to improve the aesthetics of simulated hair loss in a mouse model by electrospinning dyed polyacrylonitrile nanofibers that mimic hair. The superficial nanofiber treatment for thinning hair is able to achieve an improvement in appearance similar to that of a commercially available powder product but outperforms the powder in the nanofiber's superior adherence to the affected area. The portable electrospinning apparatus overcomes many limitations of immobile benchtop electrospinners and holds promise for applications in consumer end-use scenarios such as the treatment of alopecia via cosmetic hair thickening.

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alopeciacosmeticselectrospinningnanofibersportable device

Identifiers

PMID31540131
PMCPMC6781269
OpenAlexW2972999255

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