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Biomaterials Science and Technology

Research overview

The group conducts research on (resorbable) polymeric materials and structures for use in medical devices and in delivery of relevant biologically active compounds, (bio)artificial organs, cell-material interactions and tissue engineering. From our work on flexible resorbable materials, already one spin-off company has been created.

Current research topics include:

  • Preparation of resorbable polymers for medical applications by ring opening polymerization and radical photo-polymerization
  • Composite resorbable materials for fracture reconstruction in maxillofacial surgery.
  • Development of designed advanced microstructures by stereolithography
  • Engineering musculoskeletal and cardiovascular tissues in bioreactors using designed anisotropic scaffold architectures prepared from biologically active materials
  • Membranes for artificial and (bio)artificial kidney devices and tissue eengineering scaffolds
  • Membranes for bioseparations and membrane chromatography. 

     

Computer designed tissue engineering scaffold built by stereolithography using a degradable polymeric resin (A). MicroCT analysis shows that the built structure precisely matches the design (B). SEM images show the layer-by- layer nature of the building process (C). The scaffolds show excellent cell adhesion and proliferation (D).

Mixed matrix membranes (MMM) for selective adsorption and removal of toxins from blood. In this concept, adsorptive particles are incorporated into a highly porous membrane combining filtration and adsorption in one ste


Prof.dr. Dirk W. Grijpma

Department of Biomaterials Science and Technology
University of Twente,
PO Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands. 

Secretariat: Karin G. Hendriks
Email: bsttnw@utwente.nl
Phone: +31 53 489 2968
Website: http://www.utwente.nl/tnw/bst/  

  • Amsterdam (UvA)
    • AMOLF
    • Van t' Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences
    • Institute for Lasers, Life and Biophotonics Amsterdam (LaserLaB)
  • Breda (Avans Hogeschool)
    • MNEXT
    • Nieuwe Materialen en hun Toepassing
  • Delft (TUD)
    • Optoelectronic Materials Section
    • Novel Aerospace Materials
    • Aerospace Manufacturing Technologies
    • Advanced Soft Matter
  • Eindhoven (TU/e)
    • Theory of Polymers and Soft Matter
    • Supramolecular Polymer Chemistry
    • Physical Chemistry
    • Stimuli-Responsive Functional Materials and Devices
    • Polymer Technology
    • Polymer Performance Materials
    • Bio-Organic Chemistry
  • Eindhoven (Fontys Hogeschool)
  • Emmen (NHL Stenden Hogeschool)
  • Enschede (Hogeschool Saxion)
    • ThermoPlastic composites Application Center
    • Lectoraat Sustainable & Functional Textiles
  • Enschede (UT)
    • Biomaterials Science and Technology
    • Membrane Surface Science
    • Films in Fluids
    • Molecular NanoFabrication
    • Sustainable Polymer Chemistry (SPC)
  • Groningen (RUG)
    • Macromolecular Chemistry and New Polymeric Materials
    • Polymer Physics/Physical Chemistry of Polymer Systems
    • Bio-Inspired Synthetic Materials Science
    • Organic-Materials Chemistry and Devices
    • Polymer Science
    • Product Technology
  • Groningen (Hanzehogeschool)
  • Heerlen (Zuyd Hogeschool)
  • Maastricht (UM)
    • Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials
    • Sustainable Polymer Synthesis group
    • Polymer Physics and Technology
    • Polymer Engineering
  • Nijmegen (RU)
    • Systems Chemistry
    • Bone Biochemistry
  • Utrecht (UU)
    • Advanced Drug Delivery and Drug Targeting
    • Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science
    • Condensed-Matter Theory, Statistical and Computational Physics (Institute for Theoretical Physics)
  • Wageningen (WUR)
    • Organic Chemistry
    • Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter 1
    • Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter 2
    • Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter 3
    • Molecular Surface Engineering
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