Control of spatial cell attachment on carbon nanofiber patterns on polycarbonate urethane

International Journal of Nanomedicine

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 361-365

  Bajaj, Piyush ^a   Khang, Dongwoo ^b,c   Webster, Thomas J ^a,c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment; Carbon nanofibers; Endothelial cells; Fibroblasts; Osteoblasts; Polycarbonate urethane; Vascular smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; POLYCARBONATE; POLYCARBOXYLATE CEMENT; URETHAN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE; CELL POLARITY; MATERIALS TESTING; MICE; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYCARBOXYLATE CEMENT; RATS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TISSUE ENGINEERING; URETHANE;

EID: 34548727949     PISSN: 11769114     EISSN: 11782013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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