Three-dimensional fiber-deposited PEOT/PBT copolymer scaffolds for tissue engineering: Influence of porosity, molecular network mesh size, and swelling in aqueous media on dynamic mechanical properties

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 957-965

  Moroni, L ^a   De Wijn, J R ^a   Van Blitterswijk, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3D fiber deposition; Dynamic mechanical analysis; Mesh size; Rapid prototyping; Swelling ratio

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TISSUE; VISCOELASTICITY;

MESH SIZE; SWELLING RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) FIBER DEPOSITION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

COPOLYMERS;

COPOLYMER; ELASTOMER; MACROGOL; POLYBUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MATERIAL STATE; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VISCOELASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CATTLE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POROSITY; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WATER;

EID: 28844455544     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.30499     Document Type: Article

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