Biomimicry via electrospinning

Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 94-114

  Lin, Jinyou ^a   Wang, Xianfeng ^a   Ding, Bin ^a   Yu, Jianyong ^a   Sun, Gang ^a   Wang, Moran ^b,c  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

biomimetics; biomimicry; electrospinning; electrospun fibers; hierarchical structures

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMICRY; ELECTROSPUN FIBERS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; FIBROUS ASSEMBLIES; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; INDIVIDUAL FIBERS; LONG FIBER; NANO SCALE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL NANOMATERIALS; SPIDER WEB;

BIOMIMETICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ELECTROSPINNING;

EID: 84862199440     PISSN: 10408436     EISSN: 15476561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408436.2011.627096     Document Type: Review

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