Review: Photopolymerizable and degradable biomaterials for tissue engineering applications

Tissue Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2369-2385

  Ifkovits, Jamie L ^a   Burdick, Jason A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL GROWTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROLYSIS; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; GROWTH FACTORS; HYALURONIC ACIDS; PHOTOINITIATED POLYMERIZATIONS;

BIOMATERIALS;

BIOMATERIAL; GROWTH FACTOR; HYALURONIC ACID; MACROGOL; POLYMER;

BONE TISSUE; CARTILAGE; CHEMICAL BOND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROSS LINKING; DEGRADATION; DENSITY; HYDROLYSIS; LIVER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; LIGHT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 35348874191     PISSN: 10763279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.2007.0093     Document Type: Review

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