Composite electrospun gelatin fiber-alginate gel scaffolds for mechanically robust tissue engineered cornea

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 21, Issue , 2013, Pages 185-194

  Tonsomboon, Khaow ^a   Oyen, Michelle L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corneal tissue engineering; Electrospinning; Gelatin fiber; Hydrogel; Scaffold

Indexed keywords

CARBODIIMIDE HYDROCHLORIDES; CORNEAL TISSUE ENGINEERING; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; GELATIN FIBERS; LOAD-BEARING COMPONENTS; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; TENSILE ELASTIC MODULUS;

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROSPINNING; FIBERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOFIBERS; SCAFFOLDS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); TISSUE;

HYDROGELS;

ALGINIC ACID; GELATIN; NANOFIBER;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA; CROSS LINKING; ELASTICITY; ELECTROSPINNING; HYDROGEL; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VELOCITY;

ALGINATES; ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; ELECTROPLATING; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GELATIN; GELS; GLUCURONIC ACID; HARDNESS; HEXURONIC ACIDS; MATERIALS TESTING; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REFRACTOMETRY; ROTATION; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84876491174     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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