Materials Technology, Vol. 37, No. 5, ready to read

Enhancing bone repair, bactericidal efficacy and photocatalytic activity, feature in papers in this issue.

wound dressing — © Diana Polekhina/Unsplash

This issue contains the following articles, which are available to members via My IOM3.

Synthesis of silver nanoparticles stabilised by PVP for polymeric membrane application: a comparative study

Diyana Kamarudin, N. Awanis Hashim, Boon Hoong Ong, Che Rosmani Che Hassan & Norhuda Abdul Manaf

Pages: 289-301

DOI: 10.1080/10667857.2021.1908768

Polycaprolactone/Gelatin/Hydroxyapatite nanocomposite scaffold seeded with Stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous teeth to enhance bone repair: in vitro and in vivo studies

Mansoureh Sattary, Amirhosein Kefayat, Ashkan Bigham & Mohammad Rafienia

Pages: 302-315

DOI: 10.1080/10667857.2020.1837488

Evaluation of physical properties and bactericidal efficacy of chemically developed undoped and Mn (5, 10, 15wt%) doped ZnO nanoparticles

R. Sivasankari, M. Elango, J. Varuna & K. Thamizharasan

Pages: 316-323

DOI: 10.1080/10667857.2020.1837542

Novel magnetic composite photocatalyst ZnO/Bi24O31Br10@SrFe12O19 with enhanced photocatalytic activity

Zao Jiang, Xiuyu Yin, Yu Hao, Longjun Xu, Chenglun Liu & Qi Feng

Pages: 324-331

DOI: 10.1080/10667857.2020.1837543

Layer-by-layer particle deposited membranes of silk fibroin and poly (vinyl alcohol) for guided bone regeneration: molecular structure, morphology, and properties

Yadanar Mya Moe, Thongchai Nuntanaranont, Matthana Khangkhamano & Jirut Meesane

Pages: 332-344

DOI: 10.1080/10667857.2020.1842149

Thermally exfoliated graphene oxide reinforced polycaprolactone-based bactericidal nanocomposites for food packaging applications

Neetu Malik

Pages: 345-354

DOI: 10.1080/10667857.2020.1842150

Fabrication and characterisation of chitosan/polyvinyl alcohol-based transparent hydrogel films loaded with silver nanoparticles and sildenafil citrate for wound dressing applications

Ali Samadi, Saeed Azandeh, Mahmoud Orazizadeh, Vahid Bayati, Mohammad Rafienia & Masoud Ali Karami

Pages: 355-365

DOI: 10.1080/10667857.2020.1842151