Electrospun nanofibers: Work for medicine?

Frontiers of Materials Science in China

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-33

  Liao, Susan ^a   Chan, Casey K ^a   Ramakrishna, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biomimetic materials; Electrospinning; Medicine; Nanofiber; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

EID: 76849098022     PISSN: 16737377     EISSN: 16737482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11706-010-0009-0     Document Type: Review

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