Functional nanofibrous scaffolds for bone reconstruction

Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 134-141

  Burger, Christian ^a   Chu, Benjamin ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradable scaffolds; Gene delivery; Static light scattering

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; COPOLYMERS; DNA; FULLERENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIGHT SCATTERING; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

BIODEGRADABLE SCAFFOLDS; BONE RECONSTRUCTION; GENE DELIVERY; STATIC LIGHT SCATTERING;

NANOFIBERS;

CATIONIC SURFACTANT; FULLERENE; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; NANOFIBER; ORGANIC SOLVENT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BONE REMODELING; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE TARGETING; LIGHT SCATTERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOVIRIDAE; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOPOLYMERS; BONE REGENERATION; BUFFERS; CATIONS; DNA; FULLERENES; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; LACTIC ACID; LIGHT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYESTERS; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYMERS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SOLVENTS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER;

EID: 33947507146     PISSN: 09277765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2006.09.023     Document Type: Article

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