New poly(ε-caprolactone)/chitosan blend fibers for tissue engineering applications

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 418-428

  Malheiro, Vera N ^a   Caridade, Sofia G ^a   Alves, Natália M ^a   Mano, João F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Fibers; Polycaprolactone; Polymer blends; Scaffold

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; FIBERS; GLASS TRANSITION; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POLYMER BLENDS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPINNING (FIBERS); TEXTILE BLENDS;

BLEND FIBERS; BLEND SOLUTION; CHITOSAN BLENDS; COMMON SOLVENTS; COMPOSITIONAL RANGE; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; POLY(Ε CAPROLACTONE); TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; TISSUE ENGINEERING SCAFFOLD; WET-SPINNING;

CHITOSAN;

ACETONE; CHITOSAN; FORMIC ACID; METHANOL; POLYCAPROLACTONE; SOLVENT; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; POLYESTER;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADATION; CELL ADHESION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SWELLING; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; CHEMISTRY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY;

CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CHITOSAN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYESTERS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 72049090386     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2009.07.012     Document Type: Article

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