Current approaches to electrospun nanofibers for tissue engineering

Biomedical Materials (Bristol)

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Rim, Nae Gyune ^a   Shin, Choongsoo S ^b   Shin, Heungsoo ^a,c  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Sogang University   (South Korea)

^c Institute for Bioengineering and Biopharmaceutical Research   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CELL ADHESION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ELECTROSPINNING; FIBERS; HISTOLOGY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TISSUE;

CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTROSPUN FIBERS; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; FIBROUS STRUCTURES; GROWTH FACTOR; LIFE-SCIENCES; MATERIAL CHOICE; MULTIPLE MATERIALS; POROUS STRUCTURES; POST-MODIFICATION; SCAFFOLDS FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING; SURFACE MODIFICATION TECHNIQUES; SURFACE-TO-VOLUME RATIO; TARGET TISSUES; TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

BIOMATERIAL; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBER; NANOFIBER; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSPINNING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NANOFABRICATION; PHASE SEPARATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POROSITY; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE INJURY; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

EID: 84873155914     PISSN: 17486041     EISSN: 1748605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-6041/8/1/014102     Document Type: Article

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