Advances of Textiles in Tissue
Engineering Scaffolds
Pallavi Madiwale, Girendra Pal Singh, Santosh Biranje
and Ravindra Adivarekar
Abstract Tissue engineering is the union of engineering and life science principles
in the development of biological substitutes for restoration, maintenance or improvement of tissue function or a whole organ. Scaffold provides a location for cells to
attach, to proliferate in three dimensions, distinguish and secrete an extra-cellular
matrix, ultimately leading to tissue formation. Textile technologies have recently
attracted great attention as potential bio-fabrication tools for engineering tissue constructs. As varied the field of tissue engineering is so is the variation required for the
preparation of these scaffolds. In this chapter, the use of current textile technologies,
advanced designing of textile structures are discussed to attain the required properties
that are demanded by different tissue engineering applications. It covers advances in
fibre construction, surface properties and materials which are further used in synergy
for development of scaffold and tissue engineering and their properties. It covers in
depth the use of the primary textile fibres like wool, silk, cellulose and polyester
in this emerging field of tissue scaffolds. It also emphasizes on their production for
commercial usage and their future challenges and further opportunities.
Keywords Medical textiles · Tissue engineering · Scaffolds · Bio-fabrication ·
Textile fibres
1 Textiles in Medical Field
The world of technology has become boundary-less and the merger of various disciplines of technology has given astounding results for benefit of human kind. One
such union is of medical field and textiles. Textiles are used since stone-age in the
form of wound dressings. Surgical papyrus has the first recorded use of fibres as a
medicine as long back as 4000 years.
P. Madiwale · G. P. Singh · S. Biranje · R. Adivarekar (B)
Department of Fibres and Textile Processing Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology,
Mumbai 400019, India
e-mail: rv.adivarekar@ictmumbai.edu.in
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
M. Shahid and R. Adivarekar (eds.), Advances in Functional Finishing of Textiles, Textile
Science and Clothing Technology, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3669-4_7
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Engineering Scaffolds
Pallavi Madiwale, Girendra Pal Singh, Santosh Biranje
and Ravindra Adivarekar
Abstract Tissue engineering is the union of engineering and life science principles
in the development of biological substitutes for restoration, maintenance or improvement of tissue function or a whole organ. Scaffold provides a location for cells to
attach, to proliferate in three dimensions, distinguish and secrete an extra-cellular
matrix, ultimately leading to tissue formation. Textile technologies have recently
attracted great attention as potential bio-fabrication tools for engineering tissue constructs. As varied the field of tissue engineering is so is the variation required for the
preparation of these scaffolds. In this chapter, the use of current textile technologies,
advanced designing of textile structures are discussed to attain the required properties
that are demanded by different tissue engineering applications. It covers advances in
fibre construction, surface properties and materials which are further used in synergy
for development of scaffold and tissue engineering and their properties. It covers in
depth the use of the primary textile fibres like wool, silk, cellulose and polyester
in this emerging field of tissue scaffolds. It also emphasizes on their production for
commercial usage and their future challenges and further opportunities.
Keywords Medical textiles · Tissue engineering · Scaffolds · Bio-fabrication ·
Textile fibres
1 Textiles in Medical Field
The world of technology has become boundary-less and the merger of various disciplines of technology has given astounding results for benefit of human kind. One
such union is of medical field and textiles. Textiles are used since stone-age in the
form of wound dressings. Surgical papyrus has the first recorded use of fibres as a
medicine as long back as 4000 years.
P. Madiwale · G. P. Singh · S. Biranje · R. Adivarekar (B)
Department of Fibres and Textile Processing Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology,
Mumbai 400019, India
e-mail: rv.adivarekar@ictmumbai.edu.in
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
M. Shahid and R. Adivarekar (eds.), Advances in Functional Finishing of Textiles, Textile
Science and Clothing Technology, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3669-4_7
169