Microscale hydrogels for medicine and biology: Synthesis characteristics and applications

Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1103-1119

  Rivest, Christopher ^a   Morrison, David W G ^b   Ni, Bin ^a   Rubin, Jamie ^a   Yadav, Vikramaditya ^c   Mahdavi, Alborz ^a   Karp, Jeffrey M ^b,d   Khademhosseini, Ali ^b,d  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; BioMEMS; Biosensor; Drug delivery; Hydrophilic polymer; Regenerative medicine; Stem cells; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548796454     PISSN: 15593959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2140/jomms.2007.2.1103     Document Type: Review

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