Self-folding devices and materials for biomedical applications

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 138-146

  Randall, Christina L ^a   Gultepe, Evin ^b   Gracias, David H ^b,c  

^a Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Whiting School of Engineering   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BIOMEDICAL DEVICES; CELLULAR ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CUES; LITHOGRAPHIC PATTERNING; NANO-STRUCTURED; RE-CONFIGURABLE; RECONFIGURABLE STRUCTURE; SURGICAL TOOLS;

CELL CULTURE; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

NANOMATERIAL; POLYHEDRAL CONTAINER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURFACE; CELL VIABILITY; INSULIN RELEASE; MEDICAL DEVICE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; THERMOSTABILITY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HUMANS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84858076602     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: 18793096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2011.06.013     Document Type: Review

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