Remodeling of three-dimensional hierarchically organized nanofibrous assemblies

Current Nanoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 361-369

  Teo, W E ^a   Liao, S ^a,b   Chan, C K ^a,b   Ramakrishna, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

3D assembly; Electrospun; Nanofibers; Remodeling; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

3D ASSEMBLY; BASIC BUILDING BLOCK; BULK STRUCTURE; DRYING CONDITION; DYNAMIC FLOWS; ELECTROSPINNING SETUPS; ELECTROSPUN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; FREEZING CONDITIONS; MACROSTRUCTURE; NOVEL METHODS; ORGANIZED ASSEMBLY; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; REMODELING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D);

DEWATERING; LOW TEMPERATURE DRYING; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOFIBERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCAFFOLDS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COLLAGEN; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; NANOFIBER; NANOMESH; POLYCAPROLACTONE;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLUID FLOW; FREEZE DRYING; HYDROPHOBICITY; NANOFABRICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURFACE TENSION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 65749103798     PISSN: 15734137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157341308786306080     Document Type: Review

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