Triggered, nanostructured biodegradables (TNBs) for surgical implants

Micro and Nanosystems

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 284-289

  Gordon, Richard ^a,b   Levin, Stephen M ^c   Gebeshuber, Ille C ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory   (United States)

^c Ezekiel Biomechanics Group   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF MICROENGINEERING AND NANOELECTRONICS IMEN   (Malaysia)

^e VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Modular nanobot dental braces; Nanobots; Prince rupert's drops; Stents; Surgical implants; Tektites; Tensegrity; Triggered nanostructured biodegradables

Indexed keywords

NANO-STRUCTURED; NANOBOTS; PRINCE RUPERT'S DROP; STENTS; TEKTITES; TENSEGRITIES;

DENTAL BRACES; DENTAL PROSTHESES; DROPS; SCAFFOLDS; SURGERY;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

EID: 84855281005     PISSN: 18764029     EISSN: 18764037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1876402911103040284     Document Type: Article

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