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Jonny J. Blaker is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom and has a primary research focus in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their work predominantly spans topics related to biomaterials and biomedical engineering, with a particular emphasis on silk-based biomaterials and their applications, electrospun nanofibers in biomedical contexts, and 3D printing techniques applied to biomedical research.

Their research interests cover several specific topics including:

  • Silk-based biomaterials and applications
  • Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications

Blaker has published extensively in subfields such as Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Polymers and Plastics. The most frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Biomaterials Advances
  • Molecules
  • Materials Today Bio
  • Scientific Reports
  • BMEMat

They have collaborated regularly with several coauthors, including:

  • Aled D. Roberts
  • Nigel S. Scrutton
  • Håvard Jostein Haugen
  • Eriko Takano
  • Adrián Magaz

Some of their recent notable publications include:

  • Graphene oxide and electroactive reduced graphene oxide-based composite fibrous scaffolds for engineering excitable nerve tissue, 2020, Materials Science and Engineering C
  • Dicarboxylic acid-epoxy vitrimers: influence of the off-stoichiometric acid content on cure reactions and thermo-mechanical properties, 2020, Polymer Chemistry
  • Designing multigradient biomaterials for skin regeneration, 2020, Materials Today Advances
  • Recent Developments in Chitosan-Based Micro/Nanofibers for Sustainable Food Packaging, Smart Textiles, Cosmeceuticals, and Biomedical Applications, 2021, Molecules
  • Modulation of Neuronal Cell Affinity on PEDOT-PSS Nonwoven Silk Scaffolds for Neural Tissue Engineering, 2020, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering

Best Publications

  • BIODEGRADABLE AND BIOACTIVE POROUS POLYMER/INORGANIC COMPOSITE SCAFFOLDS FOR BONE TISSUE ENGINEERING

    Kurosh Rezwan;Qizhi Chen;J J Blaker;Aldo R Boccaccini

  • Structure, morphology and thermal characteristics of banana nano fibers obtained by steam explosion

    B. Deepa;Eldho Abraham;Bibin Mathew Cherian;Alexander Bismarck

  • Bioactive composite materials for tissue engineering scaffolds.

    Aldo R Boccaccini;Jonny J Blaker

  • Development and characterisation of silver-doped bioactive glass-coated sutures for tissue engineering and wound healing applications.

    J J Blaker;S N Nazhat;A R Boccaccini

  • Piezoelectric materials as stimulatory biomedical materials and scaffolds for bone repair

    Biranche Tandon;Jonny J. Blaker;Sarah H. Cartmell

  • PDLLA/Bioglass® composites for soft-tissue and hard-tissue engineering: an in vitro cell biology assessment

    Sophie Verrier;Jonny J. Blaker;Veronique Maquet;Larry L. Hench

  • Enhancing the Hydrophilicity and Cell Attachment of 3D Printed PCL/Graphene Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering

    Weiguang Wang;Guilherme Caetano;Guilherme Caetano;William Stephen Ambler;Jonny James Blaker

  • In vitro evaluation of novel bioactive composites based on Bioglass®-filled polylactide foams for bone tissue engineering scaffolds

    J. J. Blaker;J. E. Gough;V. Maquet;I. Notingher

  • Mechanical properties of highly porous PDLLA/Bioglass® composite foams as scaffolds for bone tissue engineering

    Jonny J. Blaker;Véronique Maquet;Robert Jérôme;Aldo R. Boccaccini

  • Surface functionalisation of bacterial cellulose as the route to produce green polylactide nanocomposites with improved properties

    Koon-Yang Lee;Jonny J. Blaker;Alexander Bismarck

  • Surface only modification of bacterial cellulose nanofibres with organic acids

    Koon-Yang Lee;Franck Quero;Jonny J. Blaker;Callum A. S. Hill

  • An elastomeric patch derived from poly(glycerol sebacate) for delivery of embryonic stem cells to the heart

    Qizhi Chen;Hikaru Ishii;George Anthony Thouas;Alexander R Lyon

  • Polymer-Ceramic Composite Scaffolds: The Effect of Hydroxyapatite and β-tri-Calcium Phosphate.

    Boyang Huang;Guilherme Caetano;Cian Vyas;Jonny James Blaker

  • Electroactive biomaterials: Vehicles for controlled delivery of therapeutic agents for drug delivery and tissue regeneration.

    Biranche Tandon;Adrián Magaz;Richard Balint;Jonny J. Blaker

  • Effect of iron on the surface, degradation and ion release properties of phosphate-based glass fibres.

    E.A. Abou Neel;I. Ahmed;J.J. Blaker;A. Bismarck

  • Preparation and characterisation of poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) and PLGA/Bioglass® composite tubular foam scaffolds for tissue engineering applications

    Aldo R. Boccaccini;Jonny J. Blaker;Véronique Maquet;R. M. Day

  • Novel fabrication techniques to produce microspheres by thermally induced phase separation for tissue engineering and drug delivery.

    Jonny J. Blaker;Jonathan C. Knowles;Richard M. Day;Richard M. Day

  • Renewable nanocomposite polymer foams synthesized from Pickering emulsion templates

    Jonny J. Blaker;Koon-Yang Lee;Xinxin Li;Angelika Menner

  • In vitro attachment of Staphylococcus epidermidis to surgical sutures with and without Ag-containing bioactive glass coating.

    Jonathan Pratten;Showan N. Nazhat;Jonny J. Blaker;Aldo R. Boccaccini

  • Phase behavior of medium and high internal phase water-in-oil emulsions stabilized solely by hydrophobized bacterial cellulose nanofibrils.

    Koon-Yang Lee;Jonny J. Blaker;Ryo Murakami;Jerry Y. Y. Heng

  • Bioactive Silk-Based Nerve Guidance Conduits for Augmenting Peripheral Nerve Repair.

    Adrián Magaz;Adrián Magaz;Alessandro Faroni;Julie E. Gough;Adam J. Reid

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander Bismarck
Alexander Bismarck University of Vienna
Aldo R. Boccaccini
Aldo R. Boccaccini University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Showan N. Nazhat
Showan N. Nazhat McGill University
Nigel S. Scrutton
Nigel S. Scrutton University of Manchester
Eriko Takano
Eriko Takano University of Manchester
Xu Li
Xu Li Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Rainer Breitling
Rainer Breitling University of Manchester
Jonathan C. Knowles
Jonathan C. Knowles University College London
Constantinos Soutis
Constantinos Soutis University of Manchester
Robert Jérôme
Robert Jérôme University of Liège

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