New publication on nanoscale bioactive glass composites for wound healing

Our paper entitled: “Novel poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) composite films containing bioactive glass nanoparticles for wound healing applications” (first author: Dr. Lydia Francis), a collaboration with the groups of Prof. Ipsita Roy, and Dr. Ian Locke, University of Westminster, London, UK, Dr. Vehid Salih, Plymouth University, UK, and Prof. Jonathan Knowles, University College London, UK, has been recently published in Polymer International [1]. In this study the effects of the presence of bioactive glass nanoparticles (n-BG) (developed at the group of Prof. W. Stark, ETH Zurich) on the properties of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (P(3HB)) microsphere films was investigated including the analysis of the in vitro haemostatic efficacy and clot detection time of the composite films. The paper has been highlighted in Materials Views.

[1] Francis, L., et al., Novel poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) composite films containing bioactive glass nanoparticles for wound healing applications, Polym. Int. 2016; 65: 661–674.