A gaussian model for substrates of entangled cross-linked poly(ethylene glycol) in biomedical applications

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 435-445

  Eskandari, Mahnaz ^a   Brey, Eric ^a   Cinar, Ali ^a  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross link; Dangling end; Entanglement; Gaussian distribution; Integrin; Ligand; Poly(ethylene glycol); Polymer network; Substrate

Indexed keywords

CROSS-LINK; DANGLING END; ENTANGLEMENT; GAUSSIANS; INTEGRINS; POLYMER NETWORK;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSSLINKING; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES;

SUBSTRATES;

MACROGOL;

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CROSS LINKING; DENSITY; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL ADHESION; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; LIGANDS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 78650195977     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.22889     Document Type: Article

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