Solving cell infiltration limitations of electrospun nanofiber meshes for tissue engineering applications

Nanomedicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 539-554

  Guimaires, Ana ^a   Martins, Albino ^a   Pinho, Elisabete D ^a   Faria, Susana ^a   Reis, Rui L ^a   Neves, Nuno M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biodegradable scaffold; Cell penetration; Electrospun nanofiber mesh; Pore size; Tissue enginnering

Indexed keywords

MACROGOL; NANOFIBER; NANOMESH; POLYCAPROLACTONE;

ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL MIGRATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSPINNING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OSTEOBLAST; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOFIBERS; POLYESTERS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WETTABILITY;

EID: 77953407233     PISSN: 17435889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/nnm.10.31     Document Type: Article

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