Shaping tissue with shape memory materials

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 515-535

  Huang, W M ^a   Song, C L ^b   Fu, Y Q ^c   Wang, C C ^a   Zhao, Y ^a   Purnawali, H ^a   Lu, H B ^d   Tang, C ^a   Ding, Z ^a   Zhang, J L ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHANGHAI FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Shape memory alloy; Shape memory hybrid; Shape memory material; Shape memory polymer; Shape recovery; Stimulus; Tissue

Indexed keywords

SHAPE MEMORY; SHAPE MEMORY POLYMERS; SHAPE RECOVERY; SHAPE-MEMORY MATERIALS; STIMULUS;

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; TISSUE;

SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

ALLOY; BIOMATERIAL; DRUG CARRIER; POLYMER; POLYURETHAN; SHAPE MEMORY MATERIAL; SILICON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WAX;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL GROWTH; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STENT; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HUMANS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84877065146     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: 18728294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2012.06.004     Document Type: Review

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