Nanostructured polymeric scaffolds for orthopaedic regenerative engineering

IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-14

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradable materials; cells; nanotopography; regenerative engineering

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE MATERIAL; CELL ATTACHMENTS; CELL FATES; CELL MATRIX INTERACTIONS; CELLULAR PROCESS; COMPLEX ORGANS; COMPLEX TISSUES; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; ECM PROTEINS; ELECTROSPUNS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; HIERARCHICAL ARCHITECTURES; HIGH SURFACE AREA; LOWER EXTREMITY; MULTIPLE CELL TYPES; NANO SCALE; NANO-SCALE MATERIALS; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANOTOPOGRAPHIES; POLYMERIC SCAFFOLD; POLYPHOSPHAZENES; REGENERATIVE CAPACITY; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); TISSUE TYPES;

CELL ENGINEERING; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ENGINEERING; ENZYME INHIBITION; HISTOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

BIOMATERIAL; NANOMATERIAL; POLYMER; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDICS; REGENERATION; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HUMANS; NANOSTRUCTURES; ORTHOPEDICS; POLYMERS; REGENERATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84858959483     PISSN: 15361241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNB.2011.2179554     Document Type: Review

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