Microstructure and cytocompatibility of electrospun nanocomposites based on poly(ε-caprolactone) and carbon nanostructures

International Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 271-282

  Bianco, Alessandra ^a   Del Gaudio, Costantino ^a   Baiguera, Silvia ^b   Armentano, Ilaria ^c   Bertarelli, Chiara ^d   Dottori, Mariaserena ^c   Bultrini, Giorgio ^a   Lucotti, Andrea ^d   Kenny, Josè Maria ^c,e   Folin, Marcella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE POLÍMEROS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon nanofibers; Carbon nanotubes; Electrospinning; Endothelial cells; Raman spectroscopy; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOFIBERS; CELL ENGINEERING; CYTOLOGY; DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; ELECTROSPINNING; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); TISSUE; YARN;

BRAIN TISSUE; CARBON NANO-STRUCTURES; CARBON NANOFIBRES; CYTOCOMPATIBILITY; ELECTROSPUNS; ENDOTHELIAL-CELLS; POLY(Ε CAPROLACTONE); TISSUE ENGINEERING SCAFFOLD; TISSUES ENGINEERINGS; VASCULARIZATION;

ENDOTHELIAL CELLS;

CARBON NANOFIBER; N,N DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYCAPROLACTONE; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; TETRAHYDROFURAN; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL VIABILITY; ELECTROSPINNING; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; NANOFABRICATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; RAT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 77954655308     PISSN: 03913988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/039139881003300502     Document Type: Article

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