Nanostructured 3-d collagen/nanotube biocomposites for future bone regeneration scaffolds

Nano Research

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 462-473

  da Silva, Edelma E ^a   Della Colleta, Heloisa H M ^a   Ferlauto, Andre S ^a   Moreira, Roberto L ^a   Resende, Rodrigo R ^a   Oliveira, Sergio ^a   Kitten, Gregory T ^a   Lacerda, Rodrigo G ^a   Ladeira, Luiz O ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biocompatibility; Biomaterials; Carbon nanotubes; Collagen; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955270479     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-009-9042-7     Document Type: Article

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