Nanocomposites and bone regeneration

Frontiers of Materials Science

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 342-357

  James, Roshan ^a   Deng, Meng ^a   Laurencin, Cato T ^a,b   Kumbar, Sangamesh G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

biomimetic; bone graft substitute; collagen; hydroxyapatite; nanobiomaterial; nanocomposite; nanofiber; osteogenic; segmental defect; tibia defect

Indexed keywords

EID: 82655168772     PISSN: 2095025X     EISSN: 20950268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11706-011-0151-3     Document Type: Review

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