Evaluation of mesoporous silicon/polycaprolactone composites as ophthalmic implants

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3566-3572

  Kashanian, Soheila ^a   Harding, Frances ^a   Irani, Yazad ^a   Klebe, Sonja ^a   Marshall, Kirsty ^a   Loni, Armando ^b,d   Canham, Leigh ^b,d   Fan, Dongmei ^c   Williams, Keryn A ^a   Voelcker, Nicolas H ^a   Coffer, Jeffery L ^c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b pSiMedica Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INTRINSIQ MATERIALS LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nanotechnology; Ophthalmology; Polycaprolactone; Porous silicon

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; CELL CULTURE; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; POLYMERIC IMPLANTS; POROUS SILICON; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); SURFACE CHEMISTRY; WEAVING;

CELL ATTACHMENT ASSAYS; COMPOSITES MATERIAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; IN-VIVO; MESOPOROUS; MICRO-FIBER; NON-WOVEN FABRIC; PARTICLE DISSOLUTION; SI-PARTICLE; SILICON PARTICLES;

POLYCAPROLACTONE;

POLYCAPROLACTONE; SILICON; BIOMATERIAL; POLYESTER; SILICIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL ADHESION; CONJUNCTIVA; DISSOLUTION; EPITHELIUM CELL; EYE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMPLANT; IN VIVO STUDY; LENS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; KINETICS; MATERIALS TESTING; METABOLISM; POROSITY; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL ADHESION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EYE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYESTERS; POROSITY; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SILICIC ACID; SILICON; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 77956729358     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2010.03.031     Document Type: Article

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