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      Recent Overviews in Functional Polymer Composites for Biomedical Applications

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          Composite materials are considered as an essential part of our daily life due to their outstanding properties and diverse applications. Polymer composites are a widespread class of composites, characterized by low cost, facile processing methods, and varied applications ranging from daily-use issues to highly complicated electronics and advanced medical combinations. In this review, we focus on the most important fabrication techniques for bioapplied polymer composites such as electrospinning, melt-extrusion, solution mixing, and latex technology, as well as in situ methods. Additionally, significant and recent advances in biomedical applications are spotlighted, such as tissue engineering (including bone, blood vessels, oral tissues, and skin), dental resin-based composites, and wound dressing.

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                Journal
                Polymers (Basel)
                Polymers (Basel)
                polymers
                Polymers
                MDPI
                2073-4360
                04 July 2018
                July 2018
                : 10
                : 7
                : 739
                Affiliations
                Materials Science and Technology Program, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, Doha P.O. Box 2713, Qatar; mmsalah@ 123456qu.edu.qa (M.M.Z.); eh1604846@ 123456student.qu.edu.qa or ekhalil@ 123456qu.edu.qa (E.A.H.)
                Author notes
                [* ]Correspondence: aelzatahry@ 123456qu.edu.qa ; Tel.: +974-4403-6808
                Author information
                https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7291-5723
                Article
                polymers-10-00739
                10.3390/polym10070739
                6403933
                30960664
                9a1e570c-3148-499e-9225-d8776e6d6d75
                © 2018 by the authors.

                Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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                : 30 May 2018
                : 01 July 2018
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                polymer composites,biomedical,tissue engineering,dental resin-based composites,wound dressing

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