A bio-inspired swellable microneedle adhesive for mechanical interlocking with tissue

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Yang, Seung Yun ^a,b,c   O'Cearbhaill, Eoin D ^a,b,c   Sisk, Geoffroy C ^a   Park, Kyeng Min ^d   Cho, Woo Kyung ^a,c   Villiger, Martin ^e   Bouma, Brett E ^c,e   Pomahac, Bohdan ^a   Karp, Jeffrey M ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD STEM CELL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYACRYLIC ACID; POLYSTYRENE;

ADHESION; BIOACTIVITY; DESIGN; ENDOPARASITE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENDOPARASITE; INTESTINE WALL; MECHANICS; MICRONEEDLE; NONHUMAN; POMPHORHYNCHUS LAEVIS; SKIN GRAFT;

ADHESIVES; NEEDLES;

EID: 84877743806     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2715     Document Type: Article

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