Innovation in Materials and Molecular Engineering. IMEM

BIOMEDICAL PLATFORMS FOR TISSUE REGENERATION

Polymeric nanomembranes, nanofibers and nanoparticles for drug delivery, tissue engineering and ion transport. Supported and free-standing polymeric nanomembranes and nanofibers based on conducting polymers are used to stimulate cellular adhesion and proliferation by exchanging ions through the cell membrane. Nanoparticles and nanofibers are employed to release therapeutic compound through simple degradation-driven mechanisms, electrochemical stimulation, etc. Furthermore, bioinspired nanomembranes (FSNMs) for selective ion transport have been tailored by immobilizing β-barrel membrane proteins inside nanoperforations created in flexible polymeric membranes.

                        
                                       

Free-standing nanomembranes for selective ions transport. Ref. Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 16922. DOI: 10.1039/C6NR04948F.

 

                                          

 

Contact: Prof. Carlos Alemán, Prof.  Elaine Armelin. and Dr. Joan Torras.