Covalently linked biocompatible graphene/polycaprolactone composites for tissue engineering

Carbon

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 296-304

  Sayyar, Sepidar ^a   Murray, Eoin ^a   Thompson, Brianna C ^a   Gambhir, Sanjeev ^a   Officer, David L ^a   Wallace, Gordon G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYL GROUPS; CONDUCTING SUBSTRATES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ESTER LINKAGES; ESTERIFICATION REACTIONS; GRAPHENE SHEETS; GROWTH OF CELLS; IN-VITRO; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PRISTINE POLYMERS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; SOLUTION-PROCESSING; SYNTHESIS ROUTE; WELL-DISPERSED; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; DISPERSIONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); TISSUE ENGINEERING;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84869505296     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2012.09.031     Document Type: Article

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