Antibacterial and nontoxic nano silver PLLA composites for tissue engineering

Advanced Materials Research

Volumn 47-50 PART 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 849-852

  Li, Lin ^a   Li, Yi ^a   Li, Jiashen ^a   Yao, Lei ^a   Mak, Arthur ^a   Ko, Frank ^b   Qin, Ling ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Fibroblast; Nano silver; PLLA

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS; FIBROBLASTS; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; SILVER; TISSUE; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES; ANTIBACTERIAL TESTS; IN-VITRO; NANO SILVER; PLLA; POLY-L-LACTIDE; SCAFFOLDS FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING; WEIGHT RATIOS;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); SILVER;

EID: 56349159538     PISSN: 10226680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.47-50.849     Document Type: Conference Paper

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