Characterization of tissue-engineered scaffolds microfabricated with PAM

Tissue Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 547-557

  Mariani, Massimo ^a   Rosatini, Frederica ^a   Vozzi, Giovanni ^a   Previti, Antonino ^a   Ahluwalia, Arti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; GEOMETRY; HYDROPHILICITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYELECTROLYTES; POROSITY; TISSUE;

HEXAGONAL GRIDS; MICROFABRICATION TECHNIQUE; POLYMERIC SCAFFOLDS; PRESSURE-ACTIVATED MICROSYRINGE;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYGLACTIN; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER; SOLVENT; VOLATILE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; GEOMETRY; HYDROPHILICITY; MECHANICS; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRINGE; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33646355175     PISSN: 10763279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.2006.12.547     Document Type: Article

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