Modeling fusion of cellular aggregates in biofabrication using phase field theories

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 303, Issue , 2012, Pages 110-118

  Yang, Xiaofeng ^a   Mironov, Vladimir ^b,c   Wang, Qi ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c Cuspis LLC   (United States)

^d NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cellular aggregates; Fusion; Phase field; Spectral methods; Tissue

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GEL; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPRINTING; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; GEOMETRY; HYDROGEL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE FIELD MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; BIOREACTORS; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL FUSION; HYDROGELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84860544249     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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