Roberto Elia
Tufts University
11 Papers
Roberto Elia is an academic researcher from Tufts University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Self-healing hydrogels & Fibroin. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 11 publications.
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Papers
3D multi-channel bi-functionalized silk electrospun conduits for peripheral nerve regeneration
Tony Dinis,Tony Dinis,Roberto Elia,Guillaume Vidal,Q. Dermigny,Cyprien Denoeud,David L. Kaplan,Christophe Egles,Frédéric Marin +8 more
TL;DR: These results demonstrate for the first time the ability to design and characterize a bi-functionalized nerve conduit consisting of electrospun nanofibers with multichannel oriented and nan ofibers aligned for peripheral regeneration.
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Method to Form a Fiber/Growth Factor Dual-Gradient along Electrospun Silk for Nerve Regeneration.
TL;DR: An electrospining method to generate a dual-gradient of bioactive molecules and fiber density along electrospun nanofibers without any post spinning treatment is developed, versatile for a broad range of applications from biosensors to regenerative medicine.
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Encapsulation of volatile compounds in silk microparticles
Roberto Elia,Jin Guo,Stephanie Budijono,Valery Normand,Daniel Benczedi,Fiorenzo G. Omenetto,David L. Kaplan +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the use of silk protein microparticles for encapsulating fragrant oils using ambient processing conditions to form an all-natural biocompatible matrix.
Electrodeposited silk coatings for bone implants.
Roberto Elia,Courtney D. Michelson,Austin L. Perera,Teresa F. Brunner,Teresa F. Brunner,Masly Harsono,Gray G. Leisk,Gerard Kugel,David L. Kaplan +8 more
TL;DR: This silk electrogelation technique offers a safe and relatively simple approach to generate mechanically robust, biocompatible, and degradable implant coatings that can also be functionalized with bioactive compounds to modulate the local regenerative tissue environment.
Seamless, axially aligned, fiber tubes, meshes, microbundles and gradient biomaterial constructs.
TL;DR: The ODS technique could be applied to any electrospinnable polymer to overcome the more limited uniformity and induced mechanical strain of rotating mandrel techniques, and greatly surpasses the limited length of standard parallel collector techniques.
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