Functional electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds for biomedical applications

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 59, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1392-1412

  Liang, Dehai ^a   Hsiao, Benjamin S ^a   Chu, Benjamin ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical applications; Copolymers; Electrospinning; Mixtures; Modifications; Nanofiber; Scaffold

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; ELECTROSPUN SCAFFOLDS; FUNCTIONAL ELECTROSPUN; MODIFICATIONS;

ANISOTROPY; COPOLYMERS; DRUG DELIVERY; ELECTROSPINNING; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; MIXTURES; SCAFFOLDS;

NANOFIBERS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOXITIN; CHITOSAN; COLLAGEN; COPOLYMER; DEXTRAN; ETHYLENE VINYL ALCOHOL COPOLYMER; GELATIN; HYALURONIC ACID; IBUPROFEN; K5N8Q; NANOFIBER; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRATE CO 3 HYDROXYVALERATE); POLY(4 DIOXANONE CO LACTIDE) BLOCK POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL); POLY(CAPROLACTONE CO LACTIDE); POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL CO LACTIDE); POLY(ETHYLENEGLYCOL) G CHITOSAN; POLY(LACTIDE CO ETHYLENE CO VINYLACETATE); POLY(LACTIDE CO ETHYLENE GLYCOL CO LACTIDE); POLY(LACTIDE CO VINYLPYRROLIDONE); POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYDIOXANONE; POLYESTER; POLYGLACTIN; POLYGLYCOLIDE; POLYLACTIDE; POTASSIUM 5 NITRO 8 QUINOLINOLATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMEDICINE; CELL ADHESION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CROSS LINKING; DNA TRANSFECTION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELECTROSPINNING; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNOGENICITY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; MUSCLE TISSUE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW; THERMOSTABILITY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VISCOSITY; WOUND HEALING;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; NANOSTRUCTURES; POLYMERS; POROSITY;

EID: 36248959221     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2007.04.021     Document Type: Review

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