Biodegradable LC oligomers with cranked branching points form highly oriented fibrous scaffold for cytoskeletal orientation

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 18, Issue 26, 2006, Pages 6220-6226

  Kaneko, Tatsuo ^a   Tran, Hang Thi ^a   Matsusaki, Michiya ^a   Akashi, Mitsuru ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CONFORMATIONS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

CHOLIC ACID (CA); CONFOCAL FLUORESCENCE SCANNING MICROSCOPY; FIBROBLASTS; OLIGOESTERS; TETRAMERS;

OLIGOMERS;

EID: 33846356296     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm061573z     Document Type: Article

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