Hemocompatible polyurethane/gelatin-heparin nanofibrous scaffolds formed by a bi-layer electrospinning technique as potential artificial blood vessels

Frontiers of Chemical Engineering in China

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 392-400

  Wang, Heyun ^a   Feng, Yakai ^a,c   Behl, Marc ^a,b,c   Lendlein, Andreas ^a,b,c   Zhao, Haiyang ^a   Xiao, Ruofang ^a   Lu, Jian ^a   Zhang, Li ^a   Guo, Jintang ^a,c  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tianjin University Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht ^*  (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

artificial blood vessels; electrospinning; gelatin; hemocompatibility; nanofiber; polyurethane; scaffold

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960563370     PISSN: 16737369     EISSN: 16737474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11705-011-1202-0     Document Type: Article

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