Cindy Tan Xue May
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Cindy Tan Xue May has a total of 4 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
- Amirul A. Abdullah
School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia
1 shared publication - Keisheni Ganeson
Institute of Climate Adaptation and Marine Biotechnolgy (ICAMB), Kuala Nerus 21030, Terengganu, Malaysia
1 shared publication - Seeram Ramakrishna
Department of Mechanical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing China
1 shared publication - Sevakumaran Vigneswari
Malaysia Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Institute of Climate Adaptation and Marine Biotechnology (ICAMB), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus, Malaysia
1 shared publication
Latest Publications
- Open Access
- 20 September 2023
- Published by MDPI AG in Pharmaceutics
- Vol. 15 (9) , 2356
Advantages and Prospective Implications of Smart Materials in Tissue Engineering: Piezoelectric, Shape Memory, and Hydrogels
Conventional biomaterial is frequently used in the biomedical sector for various therapies, imaging, treatment, and theranostic functions. However, their properties are fixed to meet certain applications. Smart materials respond in a controllable and reversible way, modifying some of their properties because of external stimuli. However, protein-based smart materials allow modular protein domains with different functionalities and responsive behaviours to be easily combined. Wherein, these “smart” behaviours can be tuned by amino acid identity and sequence. This review aims to give an insight into the design of smart materials, mainly protein-based piezoelectric materials, shape-memory materials, and hydrogels, as well as highlight the current progress and challenges of protein-based smart materials in tissue engineering. These materials have demonstrated outstanding regeneration of neural, skin, cartilage, bone, and cardiac tissues with great stimuli-responsive properties, biocompatibility, biodegradability, and biofunctionality.
- 20 September 2023
- Published by MDPI AG in Pharmaceutics
- Vol. 15 (9) , 2356
Open AccessAdvantages and Prospective Implications of Smart Materials in Tissue Engineering: Piezoelectric, Shape Memory, and Hydrogels
Conventional biomaterial is frequently used in the biomedical sector for various therapies, imaging, treatment, and theranostic functions. However, their properties are fixed to meet certain applications. Smart materials respond in a controllable and reversible way, modifying some of their properties because of external stimuli. However, protein-based smart materials allow modular protein domains with different functionalities and responsive behaviours to be easily combined. Wherein, these “smart” behaviours can be tuned by amino acid identity and sequence. This review aims to give an insight into the design of smart materials, mainly protein-based piezoelectric materials, shape-memory materials, and hydrogels, as well as highlight the current progress and challenges of protein-based smart materials in tissue engineering. These materials have demonstrated outstanding regeneration of neural, skin, cartilage, bone, and cardiac tissues with great stimuli-responsive properties, biocompatibility, biodegradability, and biofunctionality.