Mechanical characterization of electrospun polycaprolactone (PCL): A potential scaffold for tissue engineering

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Duling, Ryan R ^a   Dupaix, Rebecca B ^a   Katsube, Noriko ^a   Lannutti, John ^b  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constitutive model; Electrospinning; Mechanical behavior; Polycaprolactone; Stress relaxation

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; CURING; DRYING; ELASTICITY; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; POLYMERS; RUBBER; SCAFFOLDS; STRESSES; TENSILE TESTING; TESTING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CHAIN MODELS; ELASTIC MATERIALS; ELECTROSPUN; MATERIAL BEHAVIORS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIORS; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; POLYCAPROLACTONE (PCLPU); QLV THEORY; QUASI-LINEAR VISCOELASTICITY; RATE-DEPENDENCE; ROOM-TEMPERATURE (RT); TENSILE LOADINGS; TENSILE TESTS; TEST TEMPERATURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D); TISSUE ENGINEERED BLOOD VESSEL (TEBV); TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

COLLAGEN FIBER; ELASTOMER; POLYCAPROLACTONE; AQUAPLAST, CAPROLACTONE; BIOMATERIAL; POLYESTER;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMEDICINE; BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IMPLANT; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOISTURE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THEORETICAL MODEL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VISCOELASTICITY; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELASTICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; ROTATION; VISCOSITY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; ELASTICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYESTERS; ROTATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VISCOSITY;

EID: 47149089999     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2838033     Document Type: Article

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