Baptista, Ana CatarinaFerreira, Isabel Maria MercêsBorges, João Paulo Miranda Ribeiro2017-06-082017-06-082013PURE: 267081PURE UUID: d080e74d-f5cd-4522-8afc-cd4c0dc01156researchoutputwizard: 40557ORCID: /0000-0003-1631-6248/work/64041086ORCID: /0000-0002-3996-6545/work/67751080ORCID: /0000-0002-8838-0364/work/74127018http://hdl.handle.net/10362/21486Sem PDF conforme Despacho. The authors acknowledge Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation (FCT-MCTES) for the financial support through the Strategic Project PEstC/CTM/LA0025/2013-14. Ana C. Baptista also acknowledges FCT-MCTES for the doctoral grant SFRH/BD/69306/2010.The development of nanoscaled materials has deserved a remarkable interest for biomedical applications. Biological tissues are essentially composite materials with particular mechanical properties that should be carefully considered during the design of innovative biomedical scaffolds. Electrospun membranes are often found in medical applications due to its high specific surface which creates a 3D porous structure that mimics the native extracellular matrix. These electrospun membranes can also be designed to have enhanced mechanical properties, biocompatibility and cellular response making them appealing and inspiring to be used in composites materials. This paper reviews the new insights in the development of advanced nanostructured composites materials based on electrospun fibers. From tissue engineering to bioelectronics, these composite materials can be found in the most promising research developments for the medical applications.207272engcomposite materialsBioelectronicsdrug delivery systemstissue engineeringelectrospun fibersBioelectronicscomposite materialsdrug delivery systemselectrospun fiberstissue engineeringjournal article10.12974/2311-8717.2013.01.01.7