Fabricate coaxial stacked nerve conduits through soft lithography and molding processes

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 434-438

  Wang, De Yao ^a   Huang, Yi You ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Microfabrication; Molding process; Nerve conduit; Soft lithography

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; LITHOGRAPHY; MICROFABRICATION; MOLDING; SILICON;

MASS PRODUCTION; NERVE CONDUITS; SOFT LITHOGRAPHY;

BIOMATERIALS;

ACETIC ACID; CHITOSAN; DIMETICONE; ORGANIC SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DEGRADATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELECTRONICS; NERVE CONDUIT; OUTER MEMBRANE;

ACETIC ACID; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CHITOSAN; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NYLONS; PERIPHERAL NERVES;

EID: 42149100135     PISSN: 15493296     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.31568     Document Type: Article

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