Electrospinning of Biosyn®-based tubular conduits: Structural, morphological, and mechanical characterizations

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2070-2079

  Thomas, Vinoy ^a   Donahoe, Thomas ^b   Nyairo, Elijah ^c   Dean, Derrick R ^d   Vohra, Yogesh K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosyn; Electrospinning; Nanofibers; Tissue engineering scaffolds; Vascular graft

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMECHANICS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FIBERS; NANOFIBERS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; TISSUE; VISCOSITY;

BIOSYN; ELECTROSPUNS; FIBER DIAMETERS; SOFT TISSUE; SOLUTION VISCOSITY; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING SCAFFOLD; TUBULARS; UNIAXIAL TENSILE TESTING; VASCULAR GRAFTS;

ELECTROSPINNING;

BIOSYN; COPOLYMER; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; NANOFIBER; POROUS POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTROSPINNING; ELECTROSPRAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 79953864735     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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