Determination of pore size distribution at the cell-hydrogel interface

Journal of Nanobiotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Leal Egaña, Aldo ^a   Dietrich Braumann, Ulf ^a   Díaz Cuenca, Aránzazu ^b,c   Nowicki, Marcin ^a   Bader, Augustinus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b CSIC JA USE Centro de Investigaciones Cientificas Isla de la Cartuja CICIC   (Spain)

^c BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; CELLULAR GROWTH; HYDROGEL MATRIX; HYDROGEL STRUCTURE; MATRIX; MICROCAPSULES; MICROENVIRONMENTS; NITROGEN PHYSISORPTION MEASUREMENTS; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; RADIAL DEFORMATION; SHORTEST DISTANCE; TEXTURAL PROPERTIES; TWO-POINT; WIDE SPECTRUM;

CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELLS; GROWTH KINETICS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PHYSISORPTION; PORE SIZE; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

HYDROGELS;

ALGINIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL HYDROGEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; HYDROGEL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICROCAPSULE; PARAMETER; PORE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; RELIABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; POROSITY;

ALGINATES; HEP G2 CELLS; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; POROSITY;

EID: 79957481459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14773155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-3155-9-24     Document Type: Article

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