Microscale strategies for generating cell-encapsulating hydrogels

Polymers

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1554-1579

  Selimović, Šeila ^a,b   Oh, Jonghyun ^a,b   Bae, Hojae ^c   Dokmeci, Mehmet ^a,b   Khademhosseini, Ali ^a,b,d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell encapsulation; Hydrogel; Lab on a chip; Microfluidics; Micromolding

Indexed keywords

CELL ENCAPSULATIONS; GEL PARTICLES; HYDROGEL STRUCTURE; LAB-ON-A-CHIP; MICRO ARCHITECTURES; MICRO-SCALES; MICROMOLDING; TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS;

MICROFLUIDICS; MICROMACHINING; MOLDING; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 84866164094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym4031554     Document Type: Review

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