Degradation behaviors of electrospun resorbable polyester nanofibers

Tissue Engineering - Part B: Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 333-351

  Dong, Yixiang ^a   Liao, Susan ^a   Ngiam, Michelle ^a   Chan, Casey K ^a,b   Ramakrishna, Seeram ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE MATERIAL; BIODEGRADABLE POLYESTERS; BIOMEDICAL FIELDS; BIORESORBABLE; DEGRADATION BEHAVIOR; DEGRADATION OF THE MATERIAL; DEGRADATION STUDY; ELECTROSPINNING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; ELECTROSPUNS; HIGH POROSITY; HIGH SURFACE-TO-VOLUME RATIO; MACRO SCALE; NANOFIBER SCAFFOLD; NANOFIBROUS SCAFFOLDS; NANOSCALE PROTEINS; NATIVE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; NON-WOVEN; RESORBABLE; SCAFFOLD FABRICATION; SYNTHETIC BIODEGRADABLE MATERIALS; TISSUE REGENERATION;

DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; ENGINEERING; NANOFIBERS; SCAFFOLDS; TEXTILE FINISHING; TISSUE;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

NANOFIBER; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID CO 3 HYDROXYVALERATE); POLY(LACTIDE CO EPSILON CAPROLACTONE); POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYGLACTIN; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYLACTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; ENZYME DEGRADATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HYDROLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HUMANS; NANOSTRUCTURES; POLYESTERS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 69949150696     PISSN: 19373368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.teb.2008.0619     Document Type: Review

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