Physical approaches to biomaterial design

Nature Materials

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-23

  Mitragotri, Samir ^a   Lahann, Joerg ^b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DIAGNOSIS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS; PHYSICAL APPROACHES; SURFACE TEXTURES; SYNTHESIS METHOD;

BIOMATERIALS;

BIOMATERIAL; NANOMATERIAL;

BIOPHYSICS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOPHYSICS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 57849113507     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2344     Document Type: Article

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