ArticleJournal of materials chemistry. B2021
Smart scaffolds: shape memory polymers (SMPs) in tissue engineering.
Article in Journal of materials chemistry. B, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.
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- Shape Memory Polymers as Functional Platforms for Dynamic Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medical Devices.Polymers · 2026Review
- Body-responsive shape-memory polymers for biomedical applications.Bioactive materials · 2026Review
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- Smart biomaterials for skeletal aging repair and regeneration.Bone research · 2026Review
- Osteoinductivity of Tunable Shape Memory Polymer-Bioglass Composite Scaffolds.ACS biomaterials science & engineering · 2026Article
- Sculpting the Future of Bone: The Evolution of Absorbable Materials in Orthopedics.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026Review
- Multiscale Design of Dental Restorative Materials: Mechanistic Foundations, Technological Innovations, and Clinical Translation.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Review
- Fabrication of Crosslinked Poly(L-lactic acid) with Enhanced Shape Memory Performance via γ-Ray Irradiation.Polymers · 2025Article
- Biodegradable Polyesters: Approaches to Increase Degradation Rates for Biomedical Applications.ACS macro letters · 2025Review
- Recent Advances in Stimuli-Responsive Materials and Soft Robotic Actuators for Bioelectronic Medicine.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2025Review
- Recent Advancements in Smart Hydrogel-Based Materials in Cartilage Tissue Engineering.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Recent advances in shape memory scaffolds and regenerative outcomes.Biomedical engineering letters · 2024Review
- Structural Color Colloidal Photonic Crystals for Biomedical Applications.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024Review
- Nucleation, Development and Healing of Micro-Cracks in Shape Memory Polyurethane Subjected to Subsequent Tension Cycles.Polymers · 2024Article
- Recent Development of Biodegradable Occlusion Devices for Intra-Atrial Shunts.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Review
- Shape Memory Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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- Tuning the Topography of Dynamic 3D Scaffolds through Functional Protein Wrinkled Coatings.Polymers · 2024Article
- From Static to Dynamic: Smart Materials Pioneering Additive Manufacturing in Regenerative Medicine.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- 4D printing of biocompatible, hierarchically porous shape memory polymeric structures.Biomaterials advances · 2023Article
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Abstract
Smart scaffolds based on shape memory polymer (SMPs) have been increasingly studied in tissue engineering. The unique shape actuating ability of SMP scaffolds has been utilized to improve delivery and/or tissue defect filling. In this regard, these scaffolds may be self-deploying, self-expanding, or self-fitting. Smart scaffolds are generally thermoresponsive or hydroresponsive wherein shape recovery is driven by an increase in temperature or by hydration, respectively. Most smart scaffolds have been directed towards regenerating bone, cartilage, and cardiovascular tissues. A vast variety of smart scaffolds can be prepared with properties targeted for a specific tissue application. This breadth of smart scaffolds stems from the variety of compositions employed as well as the numerous methods used to fabricated scaffolds with the desired morphology. Smart scaffold compositions span across several distinct classes of SMPs, affording further tunability of properties using numerous approaches. Specifically, these SMPs include those based on physically cross-linked and chemically cross-linked networks and include widely studied shape memory polyurethanes (SMPUs). Various additives, ranging from nanoparticles to biologicals, have also been included to impart unique functionality to smart scaffolds. Thus, given their unique functionality and breadth of tunable properties, smart scaffolds have tremendous potential in tissue engineering.
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