About the Authors

Bapi Sarker

Contributed equally to this work with: Bapi Sarker, Raminder Singh

Affiliation Institute of Biomaterials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

Raminder Singh

Contributed equally to this work with: Bapi Sarker, Raminder Singh

Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

Raquel Silva

Affiliation Institute of Biomaterials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

Judith A. Roether

Affiliation Institute of Polymer Materials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

Joachim Kaschta

Affiliation Institute of Polymer Materials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

Rainer Detsch

Affiliation Institute of Biomaterials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

Dirk W. Schubert

Affiliation Institute of Polymer Materials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

Iwona Cicha

Affiliations Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Cardiovascular Nanomedicine Unit, Section of Experimental Oncology and Nanomedicine, ENT Department, University Hospital, Erlangen, Germany

Aldo R. Boccaccini

aldo.boccaccini@ww.uni-erlangen.de

Affiliation Institute of Biomaterials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BS R. Singh RD. Performed the experiments: BS R. Silva JAR. Analyzed the data: BS JK R. Singh. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAR JK RD DWS IC ARB. Wrote the paper: BS R. Singh ARB. Final approval of the version to be published: BS R. Singh R. Silva JAR JK RD DWS IC ARB.