Nanofibrous composites for tissue engineering applications

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 369-390

  McCullen, Seth D ^a   Ramaswamy, Sangeetha ^a   Clarke, Laura I ^a   Gorga, Russell E ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND INFORMATION; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; MATERIAL SCIENTISTS; PROCESSING APPROACH; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

BLENDING; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; MAMMALS; NANOCOMPOSITES; TISSUE;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

BIOMATERIAL; NANOCOMPOSITE; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMAL; HUMAN; MAMMAL; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HUMANS; MAMMALS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 77949325081     PISSN: 19395116     EISSN: 19390041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wnan.39     Document Type: Article

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