Ajji, Z., Jafari, A., Mousavi, A., Ajji, A., Heuzey, M.-C., & Savoji, H. (2025). 3D bioprinting of thick core–shell vascularized scaffolds for potential tissue engineering applications. European Polymer Journal, 222, 10 pages.
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Houman Savoji (49)
- Journal articles (39)
- 2025
Journal article Journal article Yalman, A., Jafari, A., Léger, E., Mastroianni, M.-A., Teimouri, K., Savoji, H., Collins, D. L., Kadem, L., & Xiao, Y. (2025). Design, manufacturing, and multi-modal imaging of stereolithography 3D printed flexible intracranial aneurysm phantoms. Medical Physics, 52(2), 742-749.Journal article Karamzadeh, V., Sarvestani, H. Y., Sohrabi-Kashani, A., Kulkarni, A., Jafari, A., Lacelle, T., Savoji, H., Jakubinek, M. B., & Ashrafi, B. (2025). Engineering ceramics for biomedical applications through nanofiller integration and 3D printing. Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials, 8(2), 223 (17 pages).Journal article Moghaddam, A. S., Bahrami, M., Sarikhani, E., Tutar, R., Ertas, Y. N., Tamimi, F., Hedayatnia, A., Jugie, C., Savoji, H., Qureshi, A. T., Rizwan, M., Maduka, C. V., & Ashammakhi, N. (2025). Engineering the immune response to biomaterials. Advanced Science, 12(19), 2414724.Journal article Marvi, P. K., Das, P., Jafari, A., Hassan, S., Savoji, H., Srinivasan, S., & Rajabzadeh, A. R. (2025). Multifunctional carbon dots in situ confined hydrogel for optical communication, drug delivery, ph sensing, nanozymatic activity, and UV shielding applications. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 14(6), 2403876 (16 pages).Journal article Cui, S., Cloutier, G., Roy Cardinal, M.-H., Savoji, H., & Maghoul, P. (2025). Simultaneous viscoelastic characterization of soft tissues based on shear wave ultrasound dispersion and multi-scale wavelet cross-correlation analysis. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 237, 112890 (19 pages).
- 2024
Journal article Mazy, D., Jafari, A., Savoji, H., & Nault, M.-L. (2024). Advances in bioadhesives for meniscal repair: A comprehensive review and criteria for the ideal candidate. Journal of Orthopaedics, 56, 82-86.Journal article Wu, Q., Xue, R., Zhao, Y., Ramsay, K., Wang, E. Y., Savoji, H., Veres, T., Cartmell, S. H., & Radisic, M. (2024). Automated fabrication of a scalable heart-on-a-chip device by 3D printing of thermoplastic elastomer nanocomposite and hot embossing. Bioactive Materials, 33, 46-60.Journal article Jafari, A., Afarian, A.-S., Amirsadeghi, A., Van Vliet, P. P., Darvish, M., Watson, S., Mousavi, A., Niknezhad, V., Andelfinger, G., Reuter, S., Wertheimer, M. R., Ajji, A., & Savoji, H. (2024). Combination of 3D Printing, Plasma Polymerization, and Bioactive Coatings Towards Fabrication of Eggshell Biowaste/Polycaprolactone Composite Scaffolds for Bone Regeneration. Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials, 7, 131 (16 pages).Journal article Mousavi, A., Hedayatnia, A., van Vliet, P. P., Dartora, D. R., Wong, N., Rafatian, N., Nuyt, A. M., Moraes, C., Ajji, A., Andelfinger, G., & Savoji, H. (2024). Development of photocrosslinkable bioinks with improved electromechanical properties for 3D bioprinting of cardiac BioRings. Applied Materials Today, 36, 102035 (19 pages).Journal article Jafari, A., Niknezhad, S. V., Kaviani, M., Saleh, W., Wong, N., Vliet, P. , Moraes, C., Ajji, A., Kadem, L., Azarpira, N., Andelfinger, G., & Savoji, H. (2024). Formulation and Evaluation of PVA/Gelatin/Carrageenan Inks for 3D Printing and Development of Tissue‐Engineered Heart Valves (Adv. Funct. Mater. 7/2024). Advanced Functional Materials, 34(7).Journal article Karamzadeh, V., Shen, M. L., Ravanbakhsh, H., Sohrabi-Kashani, A., Okhovatian, S., Savoji, H., Radisic, M., & Juncker, D. (2024). High-resolution additive manufacturing of a biodegradable elastomer with a low-cost LCD 3D printer. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 13(9), 2303708 (12 pages).Journal article Jafari, A., Bhatt, K., Niknezhad, S. V., Ajji, A., Griffith, M., Andelfinger, G., Bencherif, S. A., & Savoji, H. (2024). Synthesis and characterization of photo-cross-linkable quince seed-based hydrogels for soft tissue engineering applications. Carbohydrate Polymers, 352, 123140 (13 pages).
- 2023
Journal article Pagan, E., Stefanek, E., Seyfoori, A., Razzaghi, M., Chehri, B., Mousavi, A., Arnaldi, P., Ajji, Z., Dartora, D. R., Dabiri, S. M. H., Nuyt, A. M., Khademhosseini, A., Savoji, H., & Akbari, M. (2023). A handheld bioprinter for multi-material printing of complex constructs. Biofabrication, 15(3), 035012 (19 pages).Journal article Nazemi, Z., Sahraro, M., Janmohammadi, M., Nourbakhsh, M. S., & Savoji, H. (2023). A review on tragacanth gum: a promising natural polysaccharide in drug delivery and cell therapy. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 241, 124343 (18 pages).Journal article Jafari, A., Niknezhad, S. V., Kaviani, M., Saleh, W., Wong, N., Van Vliet, P. P., Moraes, C., Ajji, A., Kadem, L., Azarpira, N., Andelfinger, G., & Savoji, H. (2023). Formulation and Evaluation of PVA/Gelatin/Carrageenan Inks for 3D Printing and Development of Tissue-Engineered Heart Valves. Advanced Functional Materials, 18 pages.Journal article Mahmoudi, Z., Sedighi, M., Jafari, A., Naghieh, S., Stefanek, E., Akbari, M., & Savoji, H. (2023). In situ 3D bioprinting: a promising technique in advanced biofabrication strategies. Bioprinting, 31, e00260 (14 pages).Journal article Mousavi, A., Rahimnejad, M., Azimzadeh, M., Akbari, M., & Savoji, H. (2023). Recent advances in smart wearable sensors as electronic skin. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 11(43), 10332-10354.Journal article Jafari, H., Ghaffari-Bohlouli, P., Alishahi, M., Davani, F., Daneshi, S. S., Heidari, R., Morowvat, M. H., Niknezhad, S. V., Nie, L., Savoji, H., & Shavandi, A. (2023). Tissue adhesive hydrogel based on upcycled proteins and plant polyphenols for enhanced wound healing. Materials Today Chemistry, 33, 101722 (12 pages).
- 2022
Journal article Jafari, A., Farahani, M., Sedighi, M., Rabiee, N., & Savoji, H. (2022). Carrageenans for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications: A review. Carbohydrate Polymers, 281, 119045 (21 pages).Journal article Jafari, A., Ajji, Z., Mousavi, A., Naghieh, S., Bencherif, S. A., & Savoji, H. (2022). Latest advances in 3D bioprinting of cardiac tissues. Advanced Materials Technologies, 7(11), 2101636 (24 pages).Journal article Zavareh, V. A., Rafiee, L., Sheikholeslam, M., Shariati, L., Vaseghi, G., Savoji, H., & Javanmard, S. H. (2022). Three-dimensional in vitro models: a promising tool to scale-up breast cancer research. ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 8(11), 4648-4672.Journal article Mousavi, A., Stefanek, E., Jafari, A., Ajji, Z., Naghieh, S., Akbari, M., & Savoji, H. (2022). Tissue-engineered heart chambers as a platform technology for drug discovery and disease modeling. Biomaterials Advances, 138, 212916 (16 pages).Journal article Mohammadi, M. H., Okhovatian, S., Savoji, H., Campbell, S. B., Lai, B. F. L., Wu, J., Pascual-Gil, S., Bannerman, D., Rafatian, N., Li, R.-K., & Radisic, M. (2022). Toward hierarchical assembly of aligned cell sheets into a conical cardiac ventricle using microfabricated elastomers. Advanced Biology, 6(11), 2101165 (16 pages).
- 2020
Journal article Savoji, H., Huyer, L. D., Mohammadi, M. H., Lai, B. F. L., Rafatian, N., Bannerman, D., Shoaib, M., Bobicki, E. R., Ramachandran, A., & Radisic, M. (2020). 3D printing of vascular tubes using bioelastomer prepolymers by freeform reversible embedding. ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 6(3), 1333-1343.Journal article Mirani, B., Pagan, E., Shojaei, S., Dabiri, S. M. H., Savoji, H., Mehrali, M., Sam, M., Alsaif, J., Bhiladvala, R. B., Dolatshahi-Pirouz, A., Radisic, M., & Akbari, M. (2020). Facile method for fabrication of meter-long multifunctional hydrogel fibers with controllable biophysical and biochemical features. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 12(8), 9080-9089.Journal article Zhao, Y., Rafatian, N., Wang, E. Y., Wu, Q., Lai, B. F. L., Lu, R. X., Savoji, H., & Radisic, M. (2020). Towards chamber specific heart-on-a-chip for drug testing applications. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 165-166, 60-76.
- 2019
Journal article Savoji, H., Mohammadi, M. H., Rafatian, N., Toroghi, M. K., Wang, E. Y., Zhao, Y., Korolj, A., Ahadian, S., & Radisic, M. (2019). Cardiovascular disease models: A game changing paradigm in drug discovery and screening. Biomaterials, 198, 3-26.Journal article Huyer, L. D., Bannerman, A. D., Wang, Y., Savoji, H., Knee-Walden, E. J., Brissenden, A., Yee, B., Shoaib, M., Bobicki, E., Amsden, B. G., & Radisic, M. (2019). One-pot synthesis of unsaturated polyester bioelastomer with controllable material curing for microscale designs. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 8(16), 1900245 (12 pages).
- 2018
Journal article Ahadian, S., Savoji, H., & Khademhosseini, A. (2018). Recent advances in hydrogels for tissue engineering. Chemical Engineering Progress, 114(5), 56-63.Journal article Savoji, H., Godau, B., Hassani, M. S., & Akbari, M. (2018). Skin tissue substitutes and biomaterial risk assessment and testing. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 6, 86 (18 pages).
- 2017
Journal article Savoji, H., Maire, M., Lequoy, P., Liberelle, B., De Crescenzo, G., Ajji, A., Wertheimer, M. R., & Lerouge, S. (2017). Correction to “Combining Electrospun Fiber Mats and Bioactive Coatings for Vascular Graft Prostheses”. Biomacromolecules, 18(2), 647-647.
- 2016
Journal article Hadjizadeh, A., Savoji, H., & Ajji, A. (2016). A Facile Approach for the Mass Production of Submicro/Micro Poly (Lactic Acid) Fibrous Mats and Their Cytotoxicity Test towards Neural Stem Cells. BioMed Research International, 2016, 1-12.Journal article Savoji, H., Maire, M., Lequoy, P., Liberelle, B., De Crescenzo, G., Ajji, A., Wertheimer, M. R., & Lerouge, S. (2016). Combining electrospun fiber mats and bioactive coatings for vascular graft prostheses. Biomacromolecules, 18(1), 303-310.Journal article Lequoy, P., Savoji, H., Saoudi, B., Bertrand-Grenier, A., Wertheimer, M. R., De Crescenzo, G., Soulez, G., & Lerouge, S. (2016). In Vitro and Pilot In Vivo Evaluation of a Bioactive Coating for Stent Grafts Based on Chondroitin Sulfate and Epidermal Growth Factor. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, 27(5), 753-760.
- 2015
Journal article Lerouge, S., Barrette, J., Ruiz, J. C., Sbai, M., Savoji, H., Saoudi, B., Gauthier, M., & Wertheimer, M. R. (2015). Nitrogen-rich plasma polymer coatings for biomedical applications: stability, mechanical properties and adhesion under dry and wet conditions. Plasma Processes and Polymers, 12(9), 882-895.Journal article Savoji, H., Lerouge, S., Ajji, A., & Wertheimer, M. R. (2015). Plasma-etching for controlled modification of structural and mechanical properties of electrospun PET scaffolds. Plasma Processes and Polymers, 12(4), 314-327.
- 2014
Journal article Savoji, H., Hadjizadeh, A., Maire, M., Ajji, A., Wertheimer, M. R., & Lerouge, S. (2014). Electrospun nanofiber scaffolds and plasma polymerization: A promising combination towards complete, stable endothelial lining for vascular grafts. Macromolecular Bioscience, 14(8), 1084-1095.
- 2013
Journal article Savoji, H., Rana, D., Matsuura, T., Tabe, S., & Feng, C. (2013). Development of plasma and/or chemically induced graft co-polymerized electrospun poly(vinylidene fluoride) membranes for solute separation. Separation and Purification Technology, 108, 196-204.
- 2025
- Conference papers (7)
- 2017
Conference paper Savoji, H., Boespflug, G., Maire, M., Ajji, A., Lerouge, S., & Wertheimer, M. R. (2017, July). Plasma Processes for Innovative Vascular Prostheses Combining 3D Electrospun Nanofiber Matrices and Bioactive Coatings [Paper]. 23rd International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry (ISPC 2017), Montréal, QC, Canada.
- 2016
Conference paper Savoji, H., Maire, M., Lequoy, P., Liberelle, B., De Crescenzo, G., Wertheimer, M. R., Ajji, A., & Lerouge, S. (2016, May). Chondroitin sulfate-oriented epidermal growth factor (EGF) coating for random and aligned electrospun vascular grafts [Poster]. 10th World Biomaterials Congress (WBC 2016), Montréal, Canada. Published in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 4.Conference paper Hadjizadeh, A., & Savoji, H. (2016, May). Growth factor releasing micro strands promoted in vitro angiogenesis [Paper]. 10th World Biomaterials Congress, Montréal, Québec.
- 2015
Conference paper Savoji, H., Maire, M., Hadjizadeh, A., Ajji, A., Lerouge, S., & Wertheimer, M. R. (2015, April). 3D Electrospun Scaffolds for Vascular Graft Applications: Fine Tuning of Properties by Plasma-Assisted Etching and Coating [Paper]. 58th Annual Technical Conference, Santa Clara, CA USA.
- 2013
Conference paper Lerouge, S., Thalla, P., Lequoy, P., Fadlallah, H., Liberelle, B., Savoji, H., Wertheimer, M. R., De Crescenzo, G., & Merhi, Y. (2013, September). Bioactive coatings with low-fouling non-thrombogenic but cell-adhesive properties, using chondroitin sulphate [Paper]. 4th International Symposium on Surface and Interface of Biomaterials (ISSIB 2013), Roma, Italy. Published in European Cells and Materials, 26(6).
- 2012
Conference paper Savoji, H., Hadjizadeh, A., Maire, M., Lerouge, S., Ajji, A., & Wertheimer, M. R. (2012, June). 3D electrospun PET nano-fibrous mats with plasma-polymer coating for vascular graft applications [Paper]. 4th International Conference on Plasma Medicine (ICPM-4), Orléans, France.Conference paper Savoji, H., Berrahmoune, S., Macossay-Torres, J., Lerouge, S., Ajji, A., & Wertheimer, M. R. (2012, August). Structural compositional and cell-adhesion properties of 3D electrospun Biospan® nano-fibrous mats with plasma-polymer coatings [Paper]. 3rd International Conference on Nanotechnology : Fundamentals and Applications (ICNFA 2012), Montréal, Québec.
- 2017
- Book chapters (2)
- 2023
Book chapter Jafari, A., Ajji, Z., Afarian, A.-S., Mousavi, A., & Savoji, H. (2023). Encapsulation in cardiac repair. In Sefat, F., Farzi, G., & Mozafari, M. (eds.), Principles of Biomaterials Encapsulation (pp. 427-456).
- 2012
Book chapter Savoji, H., & Wertheimer, M. R. (2012). Book review. In Biomimetic approaches for biomaterials development .
- 2023
- Theses (1)
- 2016
Thesis Savoji, H. (2016). Innovative Vascular Prostheses Combining 3D Electrospun Nanofiber Matrices and Bioactive Coatings Prepared by Plasma-Polymerization [Ph.D. thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- 2016