Post-self-assembly experimentation on extruded collagen fibres for tissue engineering applications

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1646-1656

  Zeugolis, D I ^a,b   Paul, R G ^c   Attenburrow, G ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Devro Limited   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extruded collagen fibres; Mechanical properties; Post self assembly; Structural characteristics; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETICS; COLLAGEN; FIBERS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TISSUE;

COLLAGEN FIBRES; DRY AND WET; EXTRUDED COLLAGEN FIBER; FIBER DIAMETERS; MULTI-STEP FABRICATION; POST-SELF-ASSEMBLY; PROPERTY; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCAFFOLDS; TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS;

SELF ASSEMBLY;

2 PROPANOL; ALCOHOL; BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGEN FIBER; HYDROCHLORIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURATION; ENTHALPY; EXPERIMENTATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INCUBATION TIME; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHYDRATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 53749098643     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2008.05.015     Document Type: Article

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