Fiber angle and aspect ratio influence the shear mechanics of oriented electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1627-1636

  Driscoll, Tristan P ^a,b   Nerurkar, Nandan L ^a   Jacobs, Nathan T ^a,b   Elliott, Dawn M ^a,b   Mauck, Robert L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Annulus fibrosus; Electrospinning; Fibrocartilage; Meniscus; Mesenchymal stem cells; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE RESISTANCE; ANNULUS FIBROSUS; CAPROLACTONE; ELECTROSPUNS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX DEPOSITION; FIBER ANGLES; FIBROCARTILAGE; FIBROUS STRUCTURES; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; HIGH SHEAR; IN-VIVO; INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS; KEY FEATURE; KNEE MENISCUS; LOAD TRANSMISSION; MENISCUS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MULTIDIRECTIONAL LOADING; NANOFIBROUS SCAFFOLDS; SHEAR PROPERTIES; SHEAR RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL HIERARCHIES; TESTING CONDITIONS; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ASPECT RATIO; CELL CULTURE; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; ELECTROSPINNING; FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOWCHARTING; HISTOLOGY; NANOFIBERS; SHEAR FLOW; STEM CELLS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; POLYCAPROLACTONE;

ARTICLE; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; NANOFIBERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYESTERS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 81255149435     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2011.03.022     Document Type: Article

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