Technology background
CytoNest, Inc., is a startup company located at the University of Georgia incubator. The co-founders initially developed our proprietary fiber fabrication technology at the Nanostructured Materials Lab. The technology was licensed and further developed and commercialized by the co-founders at CytoNest, Inc with the support from the University of Georgia.
CytoNest 3D fiber scaffolds in literature
Publications
Insulin-producing INS-1 cell cultures on biomimetic 3D scaffolds
M. Parker, N. S. Yadavalli, K. Peranidze, E. Boland, V. Reukov, and S. Minko
J. Mater. Chem. B, (2025) – DOI: 10.1039/D5TB00519A
Fabrication of aligned polyhydroxybutyrate fibrous scaffolds via touchspinning apparatus
M. M. Uddin, U. M. Jahan, V. Mahakar, A. Talukder, Y. Absalan, B. Blevins, N. S. Yadavalli, V. Reukov, S. Minko, and S. Sharma
ACS Omega 10, 22735−22746 (2025) – DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.4c11296
Strategies for fabricating aligned nano- and microfiber scaffolds: an overview for cell culture applications
K. Peranidze, N. S. Yadavalli, B. Blevins, M. Parker, T. Jain, M. Aghajohari, S. Minko, and V. Reukov
Nanoscale (2025) – https://doi.org/10.1039/D5NR02078F
MM Uddin, B. Blevins, NS Yadavalli, MT Pham, TD Nguyen, S Minko, S. Sharma
Smart Materials and Structures 2022, 31 (3), 035028. DOI: 10.1088/1361-665X/ac5015.
Infrared polarimetry: Anisotropy of polymer nanofibers
K Hinrichs, B. Blevins, A. Furchner, NS Yadavalli, S. Minko
Micro and Nano Engineering 2022, 14, 100116. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mne.2022.100116
H Gao, D. Asheghali, NS Yadavalli, MT Pham, TD Nguyen, S Minko, S Sharma
The Journal of The Textile Institute 2020, 111 (6), 906-915. DOI: 10.1080/00405000.2019.1678558.
NS Yadavalli, D Asheghali, A Tokarev, W Zhang, J Xie, S Minko
Small 2020, 16 (11), 1907422
D Asheghali, SJ Lee, A Furchner, A Gruzd, S Larson, A Tokarev, S Stake, ...
Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine 2020, 24, 102152
Touch-spun nanofibers for nerve regeneration
SJ Lee, D Asheghali, B Blevins, R Timsina, T Esworthy, X Zhou, H Cui, ...
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2019, 12 (2), 2067-2075
Touch-and brush-spinning of nanofibers
A Tokarev, D Asheghali, I Griffiths, O Trotsenko, A Gruzd, X Lin, H Stone, ...
Advanced Materials 2015, 27, (41)
Reactive Magnetospinning of Nano‐and Microfibers
A Tokarev, O Trotsenko, D Asheghali, IM Griffiths, HA Stone, S Minko
Angewandte Chemie 2015, 127 (46), 13817-13820
Touch-spinning and magnetospinning of nano-and microfibers
A Tokarev, D Asheghali, IM Griffiths, O Trotsenko, A Gruzd, X Lin, ...
Fiber Society 2015 Fall Meeting and Technical Conference-Fibers: Where …
Magnetospinning of nano‐and microfibers
A Tokarev, O Trotsenko, IM Griffiths, HA Stone, S Minko
Advanced Materials 2015, 27 (23), 3560-3565
Patents
Nanofiber spinning apparatus and method.
U.S. Utility Patent No. 11001943. (May 11, 2021)
Methods and devices for multi-layer nanofibers.
U.S. Utility Patent No. 11,136,695 (Oct 5, 2021).
Methods and devices for making nanofibers and nanofiber scaffolds.
U. S. Utility Patent Appl No. US20210246575A1, February 3, 2022.
[CIP] U. S. Utility Patent Appl No. US20230174928A1, February 3, 2023.