Biomimetic and biofunctional structures for tissue engineering
Design and fabrication of polymeric and composite structures using advanced polymer processing techniques: electrohydrodynamic processes (electrospinning, electrospraying), additive manufacturing (extrusion-based 3D printing, fusion deposition modeling, FDM) and combined techniques (melt electrowriting, MEW).
Mechanical computational modelling of fibrous structures.
Applications
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Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
- Biomedical devices
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Functional textiles and other applications of electrospun micro/nanofibrous materials
Selected publications
S.M. Bongiovanni Abel, A. Blachman, I. Llarena, G. Calabrese, S.E. Moya, G.A. Abraham. Gas-foamed poly(vinyl alcohol) nanofibers facilitate fibroblast infiltration. Materials Letters, 138356, 2025. doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2025.138356
N.J. Lores, B. Aráoz, X. Hung, M.H. Talou, A.R. Boccaccini, G.A. Abraham, E.B. Hermida, P.C. Caracciolo. 3D printed poly(ester urethane)/poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate)/bioglass scaffolds for tissue engineering applications. Polymers, 16 (23), 3355, 2024. doi.org/10.3390/polym16233355
F. Montini-Ballarin, D. Calvo, P.C. Caracciolo, F. Rojo, P.M. Frontini, G.A. Abraham, G. Guinea-Totuero. Mechanical behavior of bilayered small-diameter nanofibrous structures as biomimetic vascular grafts. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 60, 220-233, 2016. doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2016.01.025