State of the art composites comprising electrospun fibres coupled with hydrogels: A review

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 322-335

  Bosworth, Lucy A ^a   Turner, Lesley Anne ^a   Cartmell, Sarah H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composites; Electrospinning; Hydrogels; Nanofibres; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL APPLICATION; CELLULAR INFILTRATION; CLINICAL APPLICATION; COMPOSITE SCAFFOLDS; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; ENGINEERING COMMUNITY; RESEARCH GROUPS; STATE OF THE ART;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTROSPINNING; HYDROGELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOFIBERS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; NANOCOATING; NANOCOMPOSITE;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; ELECTROSPINNING; ELECTROSPRAY; ELECTROSPUN FIBRE; ENCAPSULATION; FIBER; GELATION; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ULTRASOUND; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; INJECTIONS; NANOCOMPOSITES; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84875523139     PISSN: 15499634     EISSN: 15499642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2012.10.008     Document Type: Review

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