Electrospun hybrid nanofibers doped with nanoparticles or nanotubes for biomedical applications

Therapeutic Delivery

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1155-1169

  Wang, Shige ^a   Zhao, Yili ^a   Shen, Mingwu ^a   Shi, Xiangyang ^a,b  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CHITOSAN; DOXORUBICIN; ELECTROSPUN HYBRID NANOFIBER; HYDROXYAPATITE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NANOCARRIER; NANOFIBER; NANOPARTICLE; NANOTUBE; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYGLACTIN; POLYMER; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; TETRACYCLINE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTIFICIAL ORGAN; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELECTROSPINNING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NANODEVICE; NANOEMULSION; NANOENCAPSULATION; NANOFABRICATION; NANOPHARMACEUTICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION; WOUND DRESSING; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 84867951382     PISSN: 20415990     EISSN: 20416008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/tde.12.103     Document Type: Review

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