**Author details**

M. Arnal-Pastor1 , J. C. Chachques2 , M. Monleón Pradas1,3\* and A. Vallés-Lluch1

\*Address all correspondence to: mmonleon@ter.upv.es

1 Center for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de València, Cno. de Vera s/n, Valencia, Spain

2 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Laboratory of Biosurgical Research, Georges Pom‐ pidou European Hospital, Paris, France

3 Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), Valencia, Spain

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