Regulation of material properties in electrospun scaffolds: Role of cross-linking and fiber tertiary structure

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 518-529

  Newton, Dan ^a   Mahajan, Raul ^a   Ayres, Chantal ^a   Bowman, James R ^a   Bowlin, Gary L ^a   Simpson, David G ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2D FFT; Anisotropy; Electrospinning; Electrospun collagen; Fiber alignment; Mechanical testing; Scaffold design

Indexed keywords

BINDING SITES; COLLAGEN; ELECTROSPINNING; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FIBERS; HYDRATION; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

2-D FFT; CROSS LINKING; ELECTROSPUN COLLAGEN; ELECTROSPUN SCAFFOLDS; FIBRE ALIGNMENTS; GLUTARALDEHYDES; IN-FIBER; SCAFFOLDS DESIGN; SOLVENT SYSTEM; TERTIARY STRUCTURES;

MECHANICAL TESTING;

ALCOHOL; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; GLUTARALDEHYDE; MONOMER; NANOMATERIAL; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; ELASTICITY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HYDRATION; MICROSCOPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 56349145560     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2008.06.016     Document Type: Article

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