Biodegradable elastomer for soft tissue engineering

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3249-3256

  Lee, L Y ^a   Wu, S C ^a   Fu, S S ^a   Zeng, S Y ^a   Leong, W S ^a   Tan, L P ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biodegradable elastomers; Scaffold; Soft tissue engineering; Supercritical CO2 foaming

Indexed keywords

3D SCAFFOLDS; BIODEGRADABLE ELASTOMERS; CONDENSATION POLYMERIZATION; CROSS-LINKING DENSITY; ELASTOMERIC MATERIALS; HIGH ELONGATION; LOW YOUNG'S MODULUS; MALIC ACIDS; SCAFFOLD FABRICATION; SOFT TISSUE; SOFT TISSUE ENGINEERING; SOLVENT FREE PROCESS; SUPER-CRITICAL; SUPERCRITICAL CO2 FOAMING; SYNTHESIZED MATERIALS;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSELS; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CROSSLINKING; ELASTOMERS; GROWTH KINETICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTICS; POLYCONDENSATION; RUBBER; SCAFFOLDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TISSUE;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 70349876307     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2009.07.016     Document Type: Article

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