Influence of porosity and fibre diameter on the degradation of chitosan fibre-mesh scaffolds and cell adhesion

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 195-200

  Cunha Reis, C ^a   Tuzlakoglu, K ^b   Baas, E ^a   Yang, Y ^a   Haj, A El ^a   Reis, R L ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; POLYMER BLENDS; POROSITY; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); SYNTHETIC FIBERS;

CELL ADHESION; CHITOSAN SCAFFOLDS; FIBRE-MESH SCAFFOLDS;

SCAFFOLDS;

CHITOSAN; LYSOZYME;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THICKNESS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ABSORPTION; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CHITOSAN; CRYSTALLIZATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MURAMIDASE; OSTEOBLASTS; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

POLYMERS; SCAFFOLDS; SYNTHETIC FIBERS;

EID: 33847372436     PISSN: 09574530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10856-006-0681-x     Document Type: Article

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