Recent Developments in Artificial Super-Wettable Surfaces Based on Bioinspired Polymeric Materials for Biomedical Applications

Abbas, Ansar; Zhang, Chen; Asad, Muhammad; Waqas, Ahsan; Khatoon, Asma; Hussain, Sameer; Mir, Sajjad Husain

doi:10.3390/polym14020238

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“…Hence, DLRI coupled with PE‐CVD enables the forming of nanocomposite thin film at room temperature (Figure S10 , Supporting Information). [ 77 ] The resulting DLC‐ZnO thin films exhibit hydrophobic and water‐repellent properties without microtexturation and high mechanical resistance, [ 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 84 ] (see Figure S11 , Supporting Information, and the full movie reported as Movie S2 in the Supporting Information). This makes their application as antifog, antifouling, or antiicing coatings possible.…”

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Secured Nanosynthesis–Deposition Aerosol Process for Composite Thin Films Incorporating Highly Dispersed Nanoparticles

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Application of nanocomposites in daily life requires not only small nanoparticles (NPs) well dispersed in a matrix, but also a manufacturing process that is mindful of the operator and the environment. Avoiding any exposure to NPs is one such way, and direct liquid reaction-injection (DLRI) aims to fulfill this need. DLRI is based on the controlled in situ synthesis of NPs from the decomposition of suitable organometallic precursors in conditions that are compatible with a pulsed injection mode of an aerosol into a downstream process. Coupled with low-pressure plasma, DLRI produces nanocomposite with homogeneously well-dispersed small nanoparticles that in the particular case of ZnO-DLC nanocomposite exhibit unique properties. DLRI favorably compares with the direct liquid injection of ex situ formed NPs. The exothermic hydrolysis reaction of the organometallic precursor at the droplet-gas interface leads to the injection of small and highly dispersed NPs and, consequently, the deposition of fine and controlled distribution in the nanocomposite. The scope of DLRI nanosynthesis has been extended to several metal oxides such as zinc, tin, tungsten, and copper to generalize the concept. Hence, DLRI is an attractive method to synthesize, inject, and deposit nanoparticles and meets the prevention and atom economy requirements of green chemistry.

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Secured Nanosynthesis–Deposition Aerosol Process for Composite Thin Films Incorporating Highly Dispersed Nanoparticles

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“…Recently, polymer materials are increasingly applied in many areas, including medicine and pharmacy [ 1 , 2 ]. These materials are applied in preparation of wound dressings [ 3 ], medical equipment [ 4 ], artificial prostheses [ 5 ] or organs [ 6 ].…”

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Studies on PVP-Based Hydrogel Polymers as Dressing Materials with Prolonged Anticancer Drug Delivery Function

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Tamoxifen is a well-known active substance with anticancer activity. Currently, many investigations are performed on the development of carriers that provide its effective delivery. Particular attention is directed toward the formation of cyclodextrin–drug complexes to provide prolonged drug delivery. According to our knowledge, carriers in the form of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP)/gelatin-based hydrogels incorporated with β-cyclodextrin–tamoxifen complexes and additionally modified with nanogold have not been presented in the literature. In this work, two series of these materials have been synthesized—with tamoxifen and with its complex with β-cyclodextrin. The process of obtaining drug carrier systems consisted of several stages. Firstly, the nanogold suspension was obtained. Next, the hydrogels were prepared via photopolymerization. The size, dispersity and optical properties of nanogold as well as the swelling properties of hydrogels, their behavior in simulated physiological liquids and the impact of these liquids on their chemical structure were verified. The release profiles of tamoxifen from composites were also determined. The developed materials showed swelling capacity, stability in tested environments that did not affect their structure, and the ability to release drugs, while the release process was much more effective in acidic conditions than in alkaline ones. This is a benefit considering their use for anticancer drug delivery, due to the fact that near cancer cells, there is an acidic environment. In the case of the composites containing the drug–β-cyclodextrin complex, a prolonged release process was achieved compared to the drug release from materials with unbound tamoxifen. In terms of the properties and the composition, the developed materials show a great application potential as drug carriers, in particular as carriers of anticancer drugs such as tamoxifen.

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“…Wettability decreases the adhesion and increases the repellency of the various liquids with respect to the lubricant. Material surface engineering enables a wide range of expanding biomedical applications, from antifouling medical devices to high-throughput cell culture platforms. , Shao developed a bio-inspired template for the hanging drop method with a hydrogel-confined pattern layer over the butterfly wings to culture 3D spheroids . Biomaterials and devices tend to cause infections and inflammation due to bacterial adhesion on the surface of the device.…”

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Polystyrene-Based Slippery Surfaces Enable the Generation and Easy Retrieval of Tumor Spheroids

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Kumar

et al. 2022

ACS Appl. Bio Mater.

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Multicellular tumor spheroids are the most well-characterized organotypic models for cancer research. Generally, scaffold-based and scaffold-free techniques are widely used for culturing spheroids. In scaffold-free techniques, the hanging drop (HD) method is a more versatile technique, but the retrieval of three-dimensional (3D) cell spheroids in the hanging drop method is usually labor-intensive. We developed oil-coated polystyrene nanofiber-based reusable slippery surfaces for the generation and easy retrieval of 3D spheroids. The developed slippery surfaces facilitated the rolling and gliding of the cell medium drops as well as holding the hydrophilic drops for more than 72 h by the virtue of surface tension as in the hanging drop method. In this study, polystyrene nanofibers were developed by the facile technique of electrospinning and the morphological evaluation was performed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and cryo-FESEM. We modeled the retrieval process of 3D spheroids with the ingredients of 3D spheroid generation, such as water, cell culture media, collagen, and hyaluronic acid solution, demonstrating the faster and easy retrieval of 3D spheroids within a few seconds. We created MCF-7 spheroids as a proof of concept with a developed slippery surface. 3D spheroids were characterized for their size, homogeneity, reactive oxygen species, proliferative marker (Ki-67), and hypoxic inducing factor 1ά (HIF-1ά). These 3D tumor spheroids were further tested for evaluating the cellular toxicity of the doxorubicin drug. Hence, the proposed slippery surfaces demonstrated the potential alternative of culturing 3D tumor spheroids with an easy retrieval process with intact 3D spheroids.

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Recent Developments in Artificial Super-Wettable Surfaces Based on Bioinspired Polymeric Materials for Biomedical Applications

Cited by 17 publications

References 184 publications

Secured Nanosynthesis–Deposition Aerosol Process for Composite Thin Films Incorporating Highly Dispersed Nanoparticles

Secured Nanosynthesis–Deposition Aerosol Process for Composite Thin Films Incorporating Highly Dispersed Nanoparticles

Studies on PVP-Based Hydrogel Polymers as Dressing Materials with Prolonged Anticancer Drug Delivery Function

Polystyrene-Based Slippery Surfaces Enable the Generation and Easy Retrieval of Tumor Spheroids

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